Location: Ouro Preto
Top Things to do in Ouro Preto
Top 10 Specialty Museums in Ouro Preto, State of Minas Gerais (MG)
Ouro Preto is a former colonial mining town with beautifully preserved Baroque architecture and quaint cobblestone streets. It has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It earned recognition during Brazil's Golden Age as a center for gold mining and prosperity in the 18th century. Today it is a popular tourist destination.
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1. Museu das Reducoes
2. Museum of Mineralogy
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 862 reviews
One of the largest collections of rocks and minerals in the world, including diamonds, uranium, topaz, quartz, agates and much more, is housed inside the School of Mines.
Reviewed By nelsoncerqueira1 - Salvador, Brazil
There you go: my title already gives you the choice to visit or not this museum. If you are looking for polished final mineral items skip it. Now if you like the history of raw, brute minerals, you can’t miss this museum. A tremendous display of almost all minerals and precious stones from the region. Keep your eyes open for the rocks which contain gold and for all diverse formats of how the brute gold came out of them. A real surprise that if not displayed and seen it would be hard to believe, I could have taken them for steel and iron or or brute something. It’s a wonderful private lesson on minerals. Enjoy it!
3. Oratory Museum (Museu Do Oratorio)
4. Museu de Ciencia e Tecnica da Escola de Minas/UFOP
5. Museu da Inconfidencia
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3,395 reviews
This museum of Brazilian history at Praca Tiradentes was at one time a prison.
Reviewed By marcosf293 - Brasilia, Brazil
Museum to think about the Brazilian colonial period, the dominant presence of the Portuguese crown during the gold cycle, and the reactions of sectors of society to the taxes that were charged. The museum discusses customs of the time, the evolution of constructions, artifacts used in mining, the lifestyle, and is dedicated to the thinkers of "Inconfidência Mineira". This movement was formed by representatives of the economic elite of the time, dissatisfied with taxes, who met and talked about libertarian ideals. The rupture with the crown did not happen, since they were denounced as conspirators. Joaquim Silvério dos Reis denounced them, he was a miner who had tax debts, and bargained his debt in exchange for the denunciation of libertarians. Then, after three years of investigation, ten libertarians were sentenced to death, but only one was actually executed: Joaquim José da Silva Xavier ("Tiradentes": the dentist). It is believed that Tiradentes was executed because he was not from a wealthy family, had no education (he was an amateur dentist, merchant, and lieutenants of the imperial cavalry), and also because he assumed his libertarian ideals in interrogations, so he was considered the leader. The rest were expelled to Africa, where they died, and their remains were repatriated in the 1940s. This place arouses many emotions.
6. Museu da Pharmacia
7. Paroquia do Pilar Religious Arts Museum
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4.5 based on 52 reviews
8. Aberto Cidade Viva Museum
9. Casa dos Inconfidentes Museum
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4.5 based on 273 reviews
10. Tea Museum
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4.0 based on 16 reviews
