Museu Histórico Nacional

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Lonely Planet review

One of Rio's best museums, the large National History Museum contains over 250,000 historic relics relating to the history of Brazil from its founding to its early days as a republic. Its extensive collection is housed on the old arsenal (built in 1764) and includes a full-sized model of a colonial pharmacy, enormous canvases depicting the bloody war with Paraguay, imperial carriages and tiny relics like the writing quill Princesa Isabel used to sign the document abolishing slavery in Brazil.