| Manaus - Museums - The Indian Museum |
The Indian’s Museum was inaugurated in 1952 and is kept since its foundation by
the Salesian sisters. In the patrimony there are approximately three thousand craftsmanship pieces, all made by indians of several tribes of the
Amazon. Among them the domestic utensils, hunting apparatus, nets an ornaments stands out.
Besides craftsmanship pieces, the museum has several informations about religious
missions, habits and culture of several brazilian tribes.
Address: Rua Duque de Caxias, 356
Praça 14 de Janeiro, Centro
Phone: 55-92-635-1922
Open: Monday to Friday, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am and 2:30 pm to 5 pm / Saturdays, from 8:30 am
to 11:30 am. |
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