Museums in Belem

A Casa das Onze Janelas in BelemA Casa das Onze Janelas - MAP 6 The Cultural House of Eleven Windows is an integral unit of the Integrated Museums and Memorials of the State Secretariat of Culture of Pará, having appeared in 2002, already a well-defined profile museum, to be a space of diffusion and reflection on the Brazilian contemporary art. Thus, the museum promotes activities concerned with the promotion of cultural exchanges, with the spread of knowledge of art and the artist's i...
Arte Brasil-Estados Unido Museum - MAP 6   The Cultural Center Brazil - United States is a civil society in educational, cultural and social non-profit. It has, among its main objectives, the constant search for improved quality of services offered. In this sense, since December 2001, the CCBEU secured ISO 9001 certification in order to better serve society and is also the first English school in the region to receive such certificate. Day 29 May 1991 marked...
Museu de Arte Sacra do Para in BelemArte Sacra do Pará Museum - MAP 6 Sacred Art Museum of Para The Museum of Sacred Art is made by the Church of St. Alexander and former bishop's palace (originally the College of St. Alexander). The two buildings were constructed to form a set in which the church was the center radiator, as example of Jesuit architecture in Brazil. The church construction began around 1698 and opened in March 21, 1719.   It consists of nave, transept and eight sid...
Artes de Belém Museum - MAP 6 Museu de Artes de Belém also houses the Igreja do Santo Alexandre and the Palácio Episcopal (Bishop's Palace), which have both been restored.  Santo Alexandre was Belém's first church, founded by Jesuits in the early 17th century. Be prepared for the brilliant sculptures detail using plaster and local red cedar.   The Art Museum of Belém was established since 1991 as a Depart...
Espaço São José Liberto - Belém - Pa.Espaço Cultural São Jose Liberto - MAP 6     Designed to take the visitor on a journey through the gemological history of Pará , the Gems Museum has a collection of more than 4000 pieces.   Since the archaeological ceramics and Marajoara Tapajônica, the five elements rooms keep surprising and curious - ancient amulets, gems found in the territory of Pará, organic material and works of art of nature, like a fossilized stem. ...
Estado do Pará MuseumEstado do Pará Museum - MAP 3 Museum of Pará Palácio Lauro Sodré, home of the Museum of Pará in 1994, is an imposing neoclassical building, built according to plans by the Italian architect Antonio Landi, the eighteenth century. Foi erigido para ser a sede do poder público estadual e, concomitantemente, abrigar o Governador Geral da Província e sua família. It was erected as the seat of state governm...
O Forte do Castelo in BelemForte do Castelo - MAP 3 The Castle Fort is a landmark of the city foundation, having appeared in the seventeenth century, in the same year the city was founded. Built primarily of wood and straw, was called Fort Nativity, in allusion to the departure of the fleet of Maranhão in Castelo Branco December 25, 1615. Primarily built of wood and straw, was called Fort of the Nativity, in allusion to the departure of the fleet of hotels in Castelo Branco December 25,...
Museum of Forte do Presépio in BelemForte do Presépio Museum - MAP Fort Museum of the Nativity The fort is at the origin of the Nativity in Belém and the foundation of the colonization of the Amazon, in the seventeenth century. The Forte do Presépio Museum  scene makes present this history by resuming the link of Pará with their origin and identity. Through the exhibition circuit it is possible to monitor cultural, social and military proceeding...
Indian Museum Belém do Pará - MAP 6     The Indian Museum is set in an old building called "Solar da Beira", built in the Ver-o-Peso Complex. It is worth knowing. The Indian Museum displays indigenous art, branding and identity beyond the borders of the villages. In addition to the collection, the Indian Museum of Pará has a small bazaar, where pieces made by indigenous people can be purchased. It is locat...
Palácio Antonio Lemos in BelémPalacio Antonio Lemos - MAP 3 One of the many landmarks dotted around the Praça Dom Pedro II, the Palacio Antonio Lemos is where you will find the Museu de Arte de Belem - MABE, which enjoys high visitors number and houses an impressive collection of Brazilian paintings from the 20th century, such as the famous oil painting entitled 'Seringal' by renowned Rio artist Cândido PortInari. The palace itself was once used as the city hall, between ...
Museu Emilio GoeldiParaense Emilio Goeldi Museum - MAP 3 Museu Paraense Emilio Goeldi is a research instituatio and museum founded in 1866.  The primary mission is toresearch and cataloge biological and sociocultural diveristy in the Amazon Basin.   Not only is it a  museum, but has a botanical garden and zoological park. The Emílio Goeldi Museum, Belem is a well known museum in Belem. It is known for the variety of collection it houses. As such this place is ...