Museums in Salvador

Aclamação Palace in Salvador BahiaAclamação Palace - MAP The building of the Palace of Acclamation, built at the beginning of last century, was restored in the 90's and became a museum and "ceremonial house," reserved for parties. Yet who passed through its doors via Avenida Sete iron and wood and glass windows always closed.That time is over. The palace, which completes 90 years with a series of events this Thursday through Saturday, is already receiving an average of 600 visitors per month....
Afro-Brasileiro MuseumAfro-Brasileiro Museum - MAP Museu Afro-Brasileiro is part of the cultural exchange program between Brazil and African countries.  The majority of the material has been inspired by Africa and includes religious beliefs, artistic manifestations and oral trandition of the African people.  Terreiro de Jesus / Former School of Medicine complex Centro Histórico. Open Monday to Friday from 9 am to 6 pm. Weekends and holidays from 1...
Bahia State Art MuseumArte da Bahia Museum - MAP Museu de Arte da Bahia includes paintaings, religious images, furniture and Chinese porcelain from the 17th and 18th centureis. Av. Sete de Setembro 2340- Corredor da Vitória. Tel: (71) 3117-6902 / 3336-9450. Open 2pm-7pm.  Closed: Mondays, national holidays / municipal and holidays. Free parking. Art Museum of Bahia Av Sete de Setembro 2340 - Hall of Victory Salvador, Bahia CEP: 40080-001 Tel: (71) 3117-6...
Casa de AngolaCasa de Angola - MAP 7 This exhibit currently have many historic artifacts from many ethnic groups from Angola, which has a rich shared past with Brazil and which is one of the few countries in Africa which speaks Portuguese as well.    Historic elements include thrones, bracelets, elements of hunting, religious and magical items, items used in traditional political power, and ceramics from various ethnic groups within Angola.  There is...
Casa de BeninCasa de Benin - MAP Bxd Sapateiros 7, 40020000 Salvador 71 32415679 HOUSE OF BENIN Located midway between the House of Jorge Amado and staircases honored film The Payer of Promises is the House of Benin. The House of Benin plays an important role in strengthening ties between Bahia and African nations, and to promote cultural exchange. Benin, formerly Dahomey came the most slaves arrived here. The acarajé, one of the highlights of Bahia...
Casa de Jorge Amado FoundationCasa de Jorge Amado Foundation - MAP Inaugurated on March 7, 1987, the Foundation was conceived and established with the objective of preserving and studying the work of the great novelist - has translated and edited successively in more than 49 languages ​​- and, by extension, art and culture of Bahia in all its manifestations. Its collection consists of works of the author, an extensive collection of photographs, videos, posters and objects related to the author and ...
Casa-Museu Solar Santo Antônio - MAP   Rua Direita do Santo Antônio 177, Salvador 0 71 32426455   http://www.dimitriganzelevitch.blogspot.com/ http://www.qype.com.br/place/1571957-Casa-Museu-Solar-Santo-Antonio-Salvador   Address: Right of San Antonio, 177 Neighbourhood: Santo Antônio (Centro Histórico) City / State: Salvador (BA) Phone: (71) (71) 3242-6455 Link: http://www.salvadorcultural.com.br Parking: Not Telling Residence since...
Cidade Museum - MAP 7 Displaying many heritage items belonging to famous people throughout Salvador, including religious artwork, dolls, and statues.  Museu da Cidade also includes novels, historical information and stories of life in Salvador through the ages.     Other great displays within the Museu da Cidade include the traditional Bahia costumes, tapestries, ceramics, tools.  Several famous people have items on display, ...
Costa Pinto MuseumCosta Pinto Museum - MAP 7 The Museum has a Café, Café Balagandã, which also runs the museum, except Saturdays and Sundays it is open from 2:30 pm until 7:00 pm.  Carlos Costa Pinto Museum reveals the intimacy of rich families of the eighteenth and nineteenth centureies, with private a large private collection of Costa Pinto on display which is displayed in 23 exhibition halls, with  art and decorative paintings.   The ...
Eugênio Teixeira Leal Museum - MAP Created in 1959, during the sesquicentennial celebrations of the Bank's Economic S. A. In 1984 the collection was broken, the Numismatic Museum remaining in the neighborhood of Commerce, more than 27,000 coins and bills in Brazil, sine transferred to the Museum Eugenio Leal Teixeira, in Pelourinho a collection of 5,000 pieces, among them, coins, medals and domestic and foreign decorations, furniture, paintings, plaques and trophi...
Fundação Assuntos do Mar - MAP Pc Farol Barra s/n, 40140650 Salvador 71 32643296
Fundação Econômica Miguel Calmon - MAP Rua Acouguinho 1, 40026180 Salvador 71 33218308
Fundação Pedro Calmon in Salvador BahiaFundação Pedro Calmon Centro de Memória da Bahia - MAP Pc Thomé Souza s/n, 40020010 Salvador 71 33212104 MEMORIAL OF GOVERNORS - Pedro Calmon Foundation Admission: Free Hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00 pm to 12:00 pm and 14:00 pm to 18:00 pm Address: Praça Tomé de Sousa Neighborhood: Downtown Tel: (71) 322-7255 Fax: (71) 321-0204
Geographic and Historical Institute - MAP Description: Opened in July 2, 1923, on the occasion of the centenary celebration of the Independence of Bahia. It houses treasures of ethnology, folklore, art gallery and decorations of significant figures prominently in the history and culture of Brazil. Admission: FreeHours: Mon-Fri from 13h to 18h.Address: Av 7 SeptemberDistrict: St. PeterCep: 40060-001http://www.salvadortur.com.br/museus/
Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico Nacional - MAP IPHANfree admissionHours: Mon-Fri from 13h to 17h.Address: Rua Visconde de Itaparica, 8Neighborhood: DowntownCep: 40020-080Tel: (71) 321-0133Fax: (71) 243-9067
Memorial da Medicina BrasileiraMemorial da Medicina Brasileira - MAP Description: Depicts the history of the 1st school of higher education in the country, and the 1st Faculty of Medicine. Admission: $ 2.00 (whole) $ 1.00 (half) and free for children under age 5 and older. Hours: Mon-Fri 9am to 17h.Address: Plaza on November 15District: Terreiro de JesusCep: 40025-010Tel: (71) 321-0983 / 0383http://www.salvadortur.com.br/museus/
Memorial Dungeon Chamber of Salvador - MAP Description: Location where past and present meet in perfect harmony and brings back more than four centuries of history. They are historical documents, art gallery with 39 oils on canvas depicting key events and personalities and objects that connect different times. Here lies the dungeon (underground prison of the colonial period), a large auditorium and space for study and research. Admission: Free.Hours: Monday to Friday from 8:00 p...
Memorial Irma DulceMemorial Irma Dulce - MAP Sister Dulce Memorial A permanent exhibition on the legacy of love and charity of Sister Dulce. So is Sister Dulce Memorial, opened in 1993, one year after the death of a nun, and situated in a building attached to St. Anthony Convent, at the headquarters of OSID. The habit worn by her, photographs, documents and personal belongings can be seen in the MID, which still preserves intact the room of Sister Dulce, where is the chair on whic...
Misericordia Museum  in Salvador BahiaMisericórdia Museum - MAP Rua Misericórdia 6, 40020200 Salvador 71 33227355 Located in the headquarters of the Holy House of Mercy, a seventeenth century palace, between the Cathedral Square and City Square. It was inaugurated on January 28, 2006, adding value to the cultural scene of the historic center of Salvador, one of the main sights of the city. The museum displays works from the seventeenth century to the present day and continues the soc...
Museum of Modern Art of Bahia MAMMuseum of Modern Art of Bahia MAM - MAP Description: features a collection of Brazilian modernism and contemporary art, comprising paintings, drawings, prints, silkscreen, sculptures, tapestries and objects. More than 1000 works of leading artists, among them: Tarcila do Amaral, Djanira, Portinari, Ianelli, Rubem Valentim, Carybe, Sante Scaldaferri, etc. The museum holds exhibitions successfully large. Goya, Jesus Soto, Picasso and other contemporary productions through the e...
Náutico da Bahia MuseumNáutico da Bahia Museum - MAP Pc Farol Barra s/n, 40140650 Salvador 71 33318039 A postcard of Bahia Housed in the Fort of Santo Antonio da Barra, the oldest military construction in Brazil, whose construction dates from 1534, the Nautical Museum of Bahia is unique of its kind in the entire state, gathering valuable collection of archaeological finds submarines, a collection of navigational instruments and signaling boating, models, miniatures of boats of ...
Esculturas Park in Salvador BahiaSculpture Park - MAP 3 In the space surrounding the Unhão Solar is installed Parque das Esculturas (Sculpture Park), part of the Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (MAM). The place is a real open air museum and represents something like the art surrounded by nature. Built in the 17th century, the park shelters in their gardens most representative works of artists from Bahia. Mario Cravo, Siron Franco Carybé and other great names of Brazilian art sign that t...
Sociedade Cultural Auguste RodinSociedade Cultural Auguste Rodin - MAP Lgo Graça 292, 40150060 Salvador 71 33371032 THE VILLA OF CATHARINA PALACETE ARTS RODIN BAHIA The Commander's Palace Catharino Bernardo Martins, also called "Villa Catharino" had its bold architectural design and innovative, designed by architect Rossi Baptista and decorated by Oreste Sercelli, being completed in 1912. Expressing the desire that the bourgeoisie had the Bahian to the modernization of the way English and F...
Museu Tempostal in Salvador BahiaTempostal Museum - MAP 3 A collection of more than 45 000 images, including postcards and photographs, was gathered over 40 years by the Sergipe Marcelino Antonio do Nascimento (06/13/1929 - 22/11/2006). Highlights, postal Belle Epoque landscape of ancient cities in Bahia and other states, along with pictures of various countries. Among the oldest, can be found postcards, dating from the late nineteenth century, and prints Eucalol, the first collection, w...
Udo Knoff Ceramics Museum in SalvadorUdo Knoff Museum of Ceramics and Tiles - MAP In 1994, the Government of Bahia, through the State Bank, acquired a valuable collection of ceramics German Udo Knoff, inaugurating the 18 May of that year Baneb Museum of Ceramic Tiles and Udo Knoff, single specimen of its kind in Latin America. After the privatization of Banco do Estado da Bahia, the museum has stopped using the name of the banking house.The collection brings together pieces signed by Udo and others collected by him d...
Archaeological Museum in Salvador BahiaUniversidade Federal da Bahia-Museu Arqueológico - MAP     UFBA-Universidade Federal da Bahia-Museu Arqueológico Lgo Terreiro Jesus s/n, 40026010 Salvador 71 33213971   Description: The museum houses archaeological finds and objects of our Indian tribes, photography and painting, a total of 30,000 pieces. Address: Plaza on November 15, s / n District: Terreiro de Jesus Tel: (71) 321-3971 Fax: (71) 321-0983 Time: Monday to Friday from 9 to 18...
Arte Sacra Museum, Salvador, BahiaUniversidade Federal da Bahia-Museu de Arte Sacra - MAP     UFBA-Universidade Federal da Bahia-Museu de Arte Sacra   Rua Sodré 276, 40060240 Salvador 71 32436511 It was in 1661 that came to Bahia Portuguese six monks of the Order of Discalced Carmelites, who followed him to Angola. They stayed in Salvador for a few months and good relationship with its inhabitants created the conditions for the installation of a convent in the city. The idea materiali...
Veneravel Ordem Terceira de Sao Francisco MuseumVenerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco Museum - MAP Finds himself installed in the Church the Venerable Third Order of St. Francis, whose facade is what's most important Baroque in Bahia. It has excellent collection of jewelry in gold and silver, furniture, rich in imagery and painting medallions. In the sacristy, the only toilet in mosaic in the bay. On the ceiling, paintings by Franco Velasco, among others.Rua Inácio Acioli, s / n º. Terreiro de Jesus, Historic Centre,Salvador, Bahia...