also on display, is the dress she wore for her last show the day before she died, as well as some of her signature turbans, including the one she wore at her wedding.

through this small but precious museum, it is possible to gather a comprehensive perspective of samba in brazil, as singers, composers, and even recording studios frame and immortalize carmen's life within these walls.

museu carmen miranda, av. rui barbosa, 560, flamengo,  tel. 21.2334.4293, free admission - here is the website, and map.   ● more ●