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Júlio de Castilhos Museum

Museum in Porto Alegre, Brazil

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Júlio de Castilhos Museum

Júlio de Castilhos Museum
Location	Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
Coordinates	30°02′01″S 51°13′45″W / 30.0336°S 51.2292°W / -30.0336; -51.2292
Type	Local museum
Collection size	10,000+ pieces
Website	museujuliodecastilhos.rs.gov.br

Júlio de Castilhos Museum (Portuguese: Museu Júlio de Castilhos) is a museum located in the city of Porto Alegre (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil). It is the oldest museum in Rio Grande do Sul state.

Its collection, over 10 thousand pieces, is Brazilian national heritage, and comprises objects of historical, artistic, ethnographic and archaeological character, mostly related to the history of Rio Grande do Sul. Its sections for the Ragamuffin War and the Paraguayan War are specially rich. The museum also preserves a few but very important examples of sculptures produced within Indian ReductionsbyJesuits and indigenous peoples.

St. Francis Xavier, 18th century

Santa Casa de Misericórdia of Porto Alegre, mid-19th century

Reconstruction of Júlio de Castilhos' bedroom in his final years

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