Museu a Céu Aberto da Tartaruga Marinha

Fernando de Noronha


Based at the Centro de Visitantes in Vila do Boldró, this open-air museum has displays on sea turtles by the Projeto Tamar (Tamar Project; www.tamar.org.br), an NGO working to protect endangered sea turtles, plus a Tamar information desk and shop.


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