fundação casa de rui barbosa, rua são clemente, 134 botafogo, tel. 21.3289.4600, free admission on sundays - here is the website, contact page, and google map.

museu casa de rui barbosa is dedicated to rui barbosa de oliveira, an influential brazilian political figure that fought for abolition of slavery in the 19th century - he lived in the estate, that is today the museum, from 1895 to 1923. the house and garden are preserved in the manner that rui left it.