Museu do Índio

O Museu do Índio is a cultural and scientific agency of the Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas or FUNAI. It was created by Darcy Ribeiro, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1953.

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Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 9:00 AM—5:30 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 1:00 PM—5:30 PM
Type: Museum
Description: museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Also known as: “Museu do Indio” and “Museu Nacional dos Povos Indígenas”
Address: 55 Rua das Palmeiras, 22270-070

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Villa-Lobos Museum and Christ the Redeemer.

Villa-Lobos Museum

Museum

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The Villa-Lobos Museum is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot and Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida who sculpted the face. Christ the Redeemer is situated 2 km west of Museu do Índio.

Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro

Church

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Christ Church, Rio de Janeiro is situated 250 metres southwest of Museu do Índio.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Botafogo and Humaitá.

Botafogo

Suburb

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Botafogo is a beachfront neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a mostly upper middle class and small commerce community, and is located between the hills of Mundo Novo, Dona Marta and São João.

Humaitá

Suburb

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Humaitá is a residential district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is situated between the foot of Corcovado Mountain and the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.

Cosme Velho

Suburb

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Cosme Velho is a neighborhood in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, adjacent to Laranjeiras. Its main street is Rua Cosme Velho, an extension of Rua das Laranjeiras.

Museu do Índio

Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
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Latitude

-22.95185° or 22° 57′ 7″ south

Longitude

-43.19101° or 43° 11′ 28″ west

Open location code

589R2RX5+7H

OpenStreetMap ID

way 929926473

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

Wikidata ID

Q6940631

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In Other Languages

From French to Spanish—“Museu do Índio” goes by many names.

French: “Musée de l’Indien”
French: “Museu Nacional dos Povos Indígenas”
Italian: “Museu Nacional dos Povos Indígenas”
Portuguese: “Museu do Índio (Rio de Janeiro)”
Portuguese: “Museu Nacional dos Povos Indígenas”
Russian: “Национальный музей коренных народов (Рио-де-Жанейро)”
Russian: “Национальный музей коренных народов”
Spanish: “Museo del Indio”

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