The Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo, commonly known as Museu do Ipiranga, is a Brazilian history museum located near the place where Emperor Pedro I proclaimed Brazil's independence on the banks of Ipiranga brook in the Southeast region of the city of São Paulo, then the "Caminho do Mar," or road to the seashore.

It contains a huge collection of furniture, documents and historically relevant artwork, especially relating to the Brazilian Empire era.

[2][3] In 1884, Italian architect Tommaso Gaudenzio Bezzi was chosen to design a monumental building to be built at the place where Brazilian Independence would have been proclaimed.

[4] A reorganization of the collection was instituted in 1922 by Afonso d'Escragnolle Taunay at the time of the Centenary of Independence of Brazil, with a special emphasis on the history of the state of São Paulo.

The museum has significant, collection of photographs, including those by Militão Augusto de Azevedo (1837–1905), Guilherme Gaensly (1843–1928), and Werner Haberkorn (1907–1997).