Museu Nacional de Belas Artes
Galleries of Brazilian painting and sculpture in central Rio, where old royal pictures still glow in gilt frames.
Step into rooms where paintings and sculptures fill these tall gallery walls, work by Brazilian artists across many centuries.
Old royal pictures glow inside heavy gilt frames, the collection that stayed in Brazil after the royal court sailed home.
A pale stone front opens onto a wide avenue in the middle of downtown.
Carved furniture and sculptures wait on plain pedestals, beside ceramic vessels and woven textiles.
From Lapa, the museum is about 15 minutes on foot, a walk into the downtown galleries.
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Stay nearby
Stay at Mural da Lapa; the Museu Nacional de Belas Artes is about 15 minutes on foot.