museu do índio, rua das palmeiras, 55, botafogo, tel. 21. 3214.8702 or 21. 3214.8705, free admission on sundays - here is the website, contact page, and map

a public institution, linked to the national indian foundation - funai, the museu do índio was set up with this purpose of preserving the heritage of brazil's indigenous people, and has become one of the most important collections of its kind in latin america.