Top Things to do in Sao Paulo
Things to do in Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo (SP): The Best Specialty Museums
The largest city in South America, Sao Paulo’s cuisine and art is as multinational as its diverse population of 10 million. With the restaurants of the Jardins district serving every food imaginable to diners from around the world, you wouldn’t be out of place going to Sao Paulo just for the dining. But you’d be missing out on world-class museums, diverse and vibrant neighborhood tours, and crazy-good shopping.
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1. Prandiano Museu da Matematica
2. Museu De Arte Sacra De Sao Paulo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 724 reviews
Reviewed By 838peterk838 - North Vancouver, Canada
The collection here is quite small and you can thoroughly check out everything in an hour or less.Many of the pieces are very unusual and very interesting.For example, there is a graphic, gory statue of Christ on the cross , a sizeable collection of silver artifacts including a big staff and a crown plus some very well exucuted paintings in a sort of naive/ folk style.When viewing these pieces it very quickly becomes apparent that they are not just art for art's sake; they are at least partly meant to bring stories from the bible alive and to inspire people , and , whether or not you are religious , they are undeniably very well designed for this purpose.In a way, this museum , its contents and its grounds , are a sort of lesson in the history of Sao Paulo and Brazil.A peaceful oasis in the megalopolis.
3. Museu do Futebol
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 9,461 reviews
Besides telling the history of Brazilian football, the Football Museum, located at Pacaembu Stadium, in São Paulo – foretells Brazil's history. In a playful, fun and very motion way, our visitor is going to understand the reason why football is within all of us. The museum has its visitation routine based on three pillars: emotion, history and on having fun. Pictures, videos, audios and interactivity are the formula that is enthralling visitors. One of the means by narrating such happenings is right from videos, pictures and so on sensorial experiences.
Reviewed By JL0365
I have been here 7 or 8 times, virtually every time I am in Sao Paulo. My boys love it here. Different sections from traditional to modern, some interactive stuff for the kids, many videos from all World Cups and from the Brazilian superstars of football (Pele, Ronaldo, Garrincha etc.). The museum is in the Arena Pacaembu, a beautiful, old stadium in the middle of the city. There is a museum shop which has the best collection of retro-football-shirts from all over the world which I have seen so far.
4. Afro Brazil Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,221 reviews
Packed with more than 3,000 artifacts from Brazil's five-century history, the Museu Afro Brasil relates how Brazil's history is inextricably tied to the experience of African slaves and their descendants through culture and traditions that have come to define the country. In fact, there are so many statues, photographs, illustrations, masks, dolls, clothes, documents, paintings, furniture, pieces of plantation equipment, installations and mementos, it's almost impossible to take in the whole place in one go. The printed information is almost exclusively in Portuguese, but the museum provides English-speaking guides, and the back stories behind every single object are at once harrowing and hopeful. Hands down, one of the best museums in Latin America.
Reviewed By kathleenm282
It's the middle of a warm humid day in Sao Paulo and attendance lines to all the museums are long and visitors are testy. All of the museums except this one, where I am one of a dozen or so travelers. Why? I don't understand... the building itself offers a cool respite from the summer heat; its tall ceilings and design offering a flow of air and easy viewing of an extensive collection of Afro Brasilian artifacts and art. The collection is an approachable history to the story of Brazil from colonization slavery to modern day - through artifacts, art and photography one can follow vibrant, and in the case of the Amazonian natives, endangered cultures. There is a necessary story to understand Brazil... So why aren't you here?
5. Caixa Cultural
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 176 reviews
One of the city's many cultural foundations backed by a major Brazilian bank, downtown's CAIXA Cultural offers a rotating mix of international and Brazilian photo and art exhibitions, film retrospectives, concerts and theatrical performances that are always impactful and always free. Recent exhibitions have included French journalist Philippe Castetbon's “The Condemned,” a poignant photography presentation of gay men from countries where their sexuality could mean jail or even death, and the colorfully geometric “visually poetic” works of visual artist Almandrade, from the northeastern state of Bahia.
6. Memorial da Resistencia of Sao Paulo
7. Museum of Immigration of the State of Sao Paulo
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 1,162 reviews
Reviewed By lucianar935
Very interesting. We spent one hour and a half there. We went there by taxi. So, we don´t know exactly where the metro station is, but as we left we saw dozens of homeless people, which can cause concern to people, although it doesn´t mean they are dangerous. I hear there are some services aimed at the homeless people nearby. We called a taxi home.
8. Museu da Imagem e do Som - MIS
9. Museum of the Japanese Immigration
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 160 reviews
Tue-Sun 1.30pm-5.30pm
Reviewed By T773E
Saw some recommendations here and there, and they were right. I went there with little knowledge but left with much, a bit emotional. Definitely a must see.
10. Museu de Arte Brasileira - FAAP
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 164 reviews
Reviewed By voyageur_moscovite
I was truly impressed by the fantastic quality of exhibition of this artist. Nothing comparable seen previously. Definitely worth a visit!
