List of museums in Pernambuco
From Masters who portrayed the Colonial period, as well as the Dutch invasion (1630) to 20th and 21st century, the museum comprises over 12 thousand art pieces and include panels about the battles of Monte Guararapes and Tabocas.
Tuesday through Friday 9 am – 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday 2–5 pm Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue Kahal Zur Israel The historic Recife synagogue in the Recife Antigo, --Old Recife—is the oldest one in the Americas, dating back to the 17th century.
Some of those Jews immigrated to "New Holland" when the Dutch invaded the Northeastern portion of Brazilian lands occupied by the Portuguese.
Francisco Brennand Ceramic Workshop (Atêlier de Cerâmica) Francisco Brennand, one of the most important names in contemporary sculptures in Brazil, displays around 2000 pieces of his ceramic works in enormous open sheds, between monuments, gardens and in the midst of an Atlantic forest reserve in Varzea neighborhood in Recife.
Monday through Friday - 8 am – 5 pm Museum of the Man of the Northeastern (Museu do Homem do Nordeste) The broad collection describes Pernambuco's culture starting from three main themes: the sugar-cane production cycle, the northeastern man's life style and the folkloric and religious manifestations.
Tuesday through Friday 8:30 am – 5 pm; Saturday and Sunday 1–5 pm Gilberto Freyre Foundation This space keeps alive the memory of the Master of Apipucos, the writer and sociologist Gilberto Freyre(1900/87), immortalized between other major works in Casa Grande e Senzala.
In addition to a rich library, with books collections, pictures, paintings, sculptures, crafts and personal objects that belonged to the sociologist.
Monday through Friday 9 am – 5 pm Recife City Museum Set up in a room in Cinco Pontas Fort, it houses pictures, reproductions of old paintings (painted by Franz Post) and objects that describe Recife since the period of Dutch rule, such as over than one thousand antique photos, tableware, Portuguese and French tiles, among other pieces.
Tuesday through Sunday - 12am/6pm Ricardo Brennand Institute Set up in a building that reproduces a castle in medieval style, houses a museum, art gallery and library.
Image and Sound Museum (MISPE) (Museu da Imagem e do Som) This space is dedicated to research.
Monday through Friday - 8am/2pm Natural Sciences Museum (Museu de Ciências Naturais) Large collection of animals, through mammals, reptiles and insects.
Tuesday through Sunday - 8 am – 5 pm Popular Art Museum (MAP - Museu de Arte Popular) Collection with many pieces of objects (usually clay and ceramics) from artists of the entire northeast of Brazil (including Mestre Vitalino, Louco, Maria Amélia, Nhô Caboclo, Judite, Ana das Carrancas, Zé Caboclo and Benedito).
Tuesday through Sunday - 3–8:00pm Military Museum of Brum Fort (Museu Militar do Forte de Brum) Created in 1985, the museum houses Portuguese and English cannons, weapons, pictures, objects that has marked the action of the Brazilian Air Force in the second World War.
The visitor finds crafts, woodworks, city souvenirs, clay sculptures, antique fine textiles, typical food among other things.
The area has also two astronomical observatories located outside its headquarters: one in the Malakoff Tower in Recife and the other one in the Alto da Sé IN Olinda.
Monday through Friday - 9 am – 1 pm Lula Cardoso Ayres Museum Permanent exhibition of the artist's over than 300 works, including paintings, drawings, photographs, and studies.
Wednesday through Saturday - 4pm/8pm Pinacoteca Museum of Igarassu Art works from the 17th and 18th centuries, showing historical moments of the Pernambuco state.
Lampião was the famous cangaceiro in the Northeast Region of Brazil in the start of the last century, and the way he operates is something similar to the Robin Hood in England, but for real.
It also has a large number of articles related to this drink, as glasses, tables, pictures, poems, jokes and other decorative curiosities.
