at a glance

the museum today is divided into 23 rooms consisting of 5,633 pieces including furniture, tapestries, porcelain, armor and other relics. the museum's goal is to preserve the historical and artistic heritage linked to the diplomatic history of brazil.

museu histórico e diplomático, avenida marechal floriano, 196 centro,  tel. 21.2253.2828 or 21.2253.7691, free admission - here is the website, contact page, and map.

among other museums located in this neighborhood are the museu da justica do estado do rio de janeiro (the rio de janeiro state justice museum), museu historico do cbmerj, museu do negro (museum of the black), the naval museum, the museum of energy and the cartography museum, with more emerging on an ongoing basis.

more information on rio's museums, categorized by thematic and by neighborhoods is available here or on the museus do rio site.