Museu do Xapuri
Museu do Xapuri
- Address
- Rua C Brandão Xapuri
- Price
- admission free
- Hours
- 8am-6pm Tue-Fri, 8:30am-5:30pm Sat, 9am-1pm Sun
Lonely Planet review for Museu do Xapuri
This modest but interesting museum covers the history of Acre and Xapuri, which was once a major hub for commercial activity, thanks to its location at the confluence of two rivers. Rubber, nuts, wood and other products were floated downstream to market, while roaming merchants (mostly Lebanese and Syrian, interestingly enough) used the waterways to peddle everything from shovels to perfume. Housed in an attractive mansion that served as the city hall from 1929 to 2000.
