The only thing that would make it better would be tours in (insert any language you can understand). For me, an English guide would have just made it even better! Along with a huge collection, the building and stunning visual displays make it a fantastic way to spend the day. Plus the admission is free! Such a dramatic perspective on... More

At first I wasn't impressed with the museum. It didn't seem to have much and what it did have wasn't all that impressive. But, then I found the rest of the museum. It does have a strange internal layout. But as you go deeper and higher into the museum it gets better and better. The one section that really hit... More

I ran into this museum by accident while walking Ibirapuera park. It felt quite informal...yet large and open. The exhibits were personal and approachable. The small part of the exhibit was for a slave ship that has been excavated. Very emotional exhibit.

Ibirapuera Park is one of the most rewarding places to spend some "down time" in Sao Paulo. It's the home of joggers, canoodling couples, a host of noisy skate-boarders, abundant birdlife and some top-class museums and exhibitions. The African mueum is one of the top attractions. It's housed in an Oscar Niemeyer building, ugly as sin with a barn-like interior... More

This may be called an Afro Museum but its collection is also a look into Brazil's past, from the cowboys to the priests working up north. An extensive amount of artifacts on displays but there's no map & no readily identifiable route to explore everything, I'm sure we must have missed some. As usual, no English signage.

An excellent spot to learn about Brazil's culture & religion. A must when in Sao Paulo. A museum dealing with history, arts and ethnology. Located in Parque do Ibirapuera. Free entrance. Opened in 2004 it includes hundreds of photographs, sculptures, documents, paintings, religious items, traditional customs, a space devoted to slavery in Brazil, info on religious syncretism & Candomblé and... More

Must know portuguese, other musems near, park great

A piece of Brazil's History. Slavery - a mistake for never doing again.

My review is from my blog entry about the museum: It is by far the best “Afro ___” in the Americas (including the USA) that we have ever been to. And the one of the best cultural museum I have been to world wide (yes I’ve been to the Louvre- and no its not as grand as the Louvre). It... More