at a glance

museu judaico do rio de janeiro - mjrj  (the jewish museum of rio de janeiro) was founded in 1977. it includes permanent exhibits on the history of the jewish community in rio de janeiro. the museum also promotes academic research and holds events portraying jewish traditions and aspects including religious, cultural and historical. the museum has an informative holocaust exhibit, and a video library with more than a thousand titles.

 museu judaico do rio de janeiro, rua méxico, 90, centro,  tel. 21.2524.6451 or 21.2240.1598, free admission - here is the website, contact email, and map. 

the museu arquidiocesano de arte sacra (museum of sacred artifacts) is located in the basement of the são sebastião cathedral, the landmark cone-shaped construction depicted on many rio postcards. founded in 1950, this museum aims at bringing together religious artifacts relating to christianity.