The Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro is the magazine of the Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute.

Disseminating the studies and works of its members and similar entities from the rest of the world, the Brazilian Historical and Geographic Institute also allows research in its vast collection.

The IHGB's official website features the following statement on the journal's editorial policy: Circulating regularly since 1839, the Revista do Instituto Histórico e Geográfico Brasileiro is one of the longest-running specialized publications in the Western world.

It aims to disseminate the production of the Institute's social body, as well as contributions from historians, geographers, anthropologists, sociologists, architects, ethnologists, archaeologists, museologists and archivists in general.

It is published quarterly, the last number of each year being reserved for recording the academic life of the IHGB and other institutional activities.