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Neighborhood: Centro

Downtown Rio is the place where this city was born. With modern skyscrapers sharing space with historical buildings and landmarks, this neighbourhood is living proof that the old and the new can live together harmoniously. As you would expect, downtown is where all major companies house their offices. However, the region isn’t restricted to businesses. Gems such like the “Paço Imperial,” which is a cultural centre that used to serve as a residence for governors of Brazil, can be found here. Pedra do Sal, a Monday night street party, is also in this neighbourhood. This landmark is the birthplace of samba and is famous for its “roda de sambas” (“dance circles”). Stop in for one and get closer to discovering where Brazilian happiness comes from.

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Small musuem with mixed collection of local memorabilia and photos

Jul 2024 • Couples

This is a small musuem, one large room, on an upper floor of a building in the courtyard. The musuem staff person did speak some English, but beyond asking for payment did not interact with us (two visitors) during the hour or so we were there. This is not a clearly designed museum with a path to follow. It is more a collection of small exhibits and local memorabilia. Like many Jewish musuems in smaller cities or countries, it struggles to balance two missions: to explain Judaism (a bit) to mostly non-Jewish visitors; and to provide specific info about this city or country and its Jewish community. I suspect local tour groups have a guide or docent. If you are Jewishly informed, simple exhibits on what is a Torah, or prayerbooks will not be terribly engaging. There is a small exhibit on the holocaust (we did not get to the praised Holocaust Memorial in Rio) and on Israel. There are items from old synagogues and fraternal organizations, a Jewish wedding dress from what I recall as Syria, but not clearly explained (even in Portuguese--the only language for most displays other than liturgical Hebrew.) There was an interesting set of color photos of the interiors of 15 or so synagogues in Rio--not generally open to the public except for worship services because of security concerns. There was a collection of dozens of hanukkiyot (Hanukkah lamps -- mostly oil-burning) from around the world which were collected by a person from Rio. There were some interesting scrapbooks with old photos and documents. You could browse some other materials as well.

Written July 25, 2024

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David P

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A nice surprise

Downtown Rio hides the Jewish museum, which tells about the first Jewish immigrants that came from Europe.

Good collection available.

Easy to find, very close to Cinelândia subway station.

Written June 3, 2014

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