The Museum Trail of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Other than just how expressive I find the Paulista to be, I also find the amount of truly high-quality museums which can be found in São Paulo to be truly astounding. The diversity of topics covered, as well as the quality of curation is something to be written home about.

This guide will walk you through the key museums which can be visited while you are exploring the city of São Paulo. Hence, without further ado…

Designed by Ramos de Azevedo and Domiciano Rossi, this Italian eclecticism building was inaugurated in 1900 and renovated in the 1990s. Today, it is just one of the three Pinacotecas in the city. Together, the three Pinacoteca houses one of the largest and most representative collections of Brazilian arts.

Inside the monastery, you can also find the Museum of Sacred Art. Founded in 1970, the museum displays both Brazilian and foreign sacred works, many of which are religious in nature.

An incredibly important landmark, Pateo do Collegio marks the very site where the city of São Paulo was first founded back in the year of 1554, when the priests celebrated the inaugural mass of the Jesuit school. Formerly a Roman Catholic church with Portuguese Colonial architecture, today this site functions as an educational museum. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).