Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Casa de Rui Barbosa Foundation is an institution linked to the Ministry of Culture, located in Rio de Janeiro, in the neighborhood of Botafogo, located at Rua São Clemente, 134. The institution has its origins in a house museum, the Rui Barbosa House Museum, created by Decree No. 17,758, of April 4, 1927 and inaugurated on August 13, 1930, located in one of the oldest urban farms in the city, where the Brazilian jurist, politician, lawyer and intellectual Ruy Barbosa de Oliveira lived, from 1895 to 1923. According to the definition of the International Council of Museums (ICOM): "House Museums: "House-museums are historic buildings that were once inhabited and are open to the public to display original furniture and collections of historical, cultural and ethnographic interest, preserving the spirit of the former owners and the memory of the community."

Wikipedia: Fundação Casa de Rui Barbosa (PT)

The City Palace is the workplace of the mayor of the municipality of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located at Rua São Clemente, 360, in the Botafogo neighborhood.

Wikipedia: Palácio da Cidade (Rio de Janeiro) (PT)

O Museu do Índio is a cultural and scientific agency of the Fundação Nacional dos Povos Indígenas or FUNAI. It was created by Darcy Ribeiro, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 1953. As the only official institution in Brazil exclusively dedicated to indigenous cultures, the museum has the objective of promoting an accurate and updated image for the indigenous cause, while avoiding common misconceptions and prejudice of these societies.

Wikipedia: Museu do Índio (EN), Website

The Villa-Lobos Museum is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Wikipedia: Villa-Lobos Museum (EN), Website

Manequinho is the popular name of a statue that is situated in front of the headquarters of the Botafogo Football and Regattas club, in the Botafogo neighborhood, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It depicts a boy urinating and was inspired by the Manneken Pis, which adorns a street corner in Brussels, Belgium. In 2002, the statue was listed as a heritage site by the city of Rio de Janeiro.

Wikipedia: Manequinho (PT)