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.