at a glance

the museum is conveniently located next to the catete metrô station making it easily  accessable from practcally anywhere in the city.

museu da república , rua do catete, 153, flamengo, tel. 21.2558.6350 or 21.2285.6492, free admission on wednesdays and sundays - here is the website, contact email, and map.  ● more ● 

Presented by the Universidade Estadual do Rio de Janeiro, the study A memória histórica de Getúlio Vargas e o Palácio do Catete, (The historical memory of Getúlio Vargas and Catete Palace), by Celso Pereira de Sá, Ricardo Vieiralves de Castro, Renato Cesar Möller and Juliana Aieta Perez, deals with the historical memory of Getúlio Vargas (1883 - 1954), who governed Brazil from 1930 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1954, and his close association to Catete Palace, the Republic Presidency's seat during this period.