Sights in Guajará Mirim
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Museu Histórico Municipal
‘Have animal, will stuff’ seems to be the motto at Guajará-Mirim’s Museu Histórico Municipal. Monkeys, falcons and anteaters are among the slew of birds and mammals stuffed (none too recently, it seems) and posed in a tree in the museum’s foyer. Inside the main room, a stuffed anaconda is stretched the length of the main salon, while another is wrapped around a crocodile, also stuffed. A few other oddities, like conjoined-twin piglets preserved in formaldehyde, complete the bizarre natural history collection. The museum is housed in the old Madeira-Mamoré train station, and has some mildly interesting train memorabilia, and there are two genuine steam locomotives …
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Hurukunê-Wao
This small gallery and cultural center is intended to highlight the art and culture of Rondônia’s indigenous communities. It’s partly successful at that, with a handful of informative displays and folk-art pieces mixed in with predictable tourist kitsch. It’s attached to the local office of Funai, the federal índio affairs agency.
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