The 8 Best Museum Tours in Brazil

1.Petrópolis Day Trip from Rio de Janeiro including Imperial Museum and Crystal Palace

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 101 reviews · 9 hours (approx.) · from $93Our pick

Travel from Rio to Petrópolis with a guide such as Adriana, Tanya, Marco, or TT, visiting the Imperial Museum, royal tombs, Crystal Palace, and optional Santos Dumont House. Lunch is on your own. You can also choose Rua Teresa shopping or the Bohemia brewery, with transport from most Rio hotels.

“We really enjoy our tour guide. She is on time and very good with her explanation. We enjoyed her fun personality and energy. We will want to have her again for future tours.”

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2.7-Hour Shared Group Santos Tour : Mont Serrat, Coffee Museum and Sightseeing

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 68 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $89Top rated

Start at Santos cruise terminal for a seven-hour guided tour of beaches, viewpoints, museums, historic churches, and the Orquidario park. Guides such as Romilda, Mary, Elaine, and Maria are praised for clear English and flexible planning. Lunch is not included, and groups can reach 15 people.

“Our guide, Romilda (Romi for short), provided an OUTSTANDING experience. It rained all day and , I can tell you that my wife and I were NOT enthusiastic at the outset of our day. Romi's experience and initiative adjusted our itinerary to be 'rain-friendly'. We cannot believe how much she packed into our 7 hours of traveling together. We missed the beach park and the national park but picked up several other venues not on the original itinerary. Osmar was our driver. He managed to workaround the flooded streets and get us as near as possible to sheltered entrances. Romi offered us three options for lunch. We chose to join…”

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3.Olympic Boulevard, Museum of Tomorrow & Historical Rio

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 66 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $72

Spend four hours exploring Rio’s Port Zone and historic center with a guide such as Carlos, Sandra, Gabriella, Alexia, or Newton. Visit the Museum of Tomorrow, Cais do Valongo, São Bento Monastery, Olympic sites, and Confeitaria Colombo, with hotel pickup included.

“The tour was OK. Lots of walking. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and patient. The museum of tomorrow is a waste of money! lol. We really could’ve just stopped at a few keys places and just let us shop and eat. Doesn’t need to be 4-5 hours. Also, the tour is shared! You will be stopping and picking up other people. That takes up time too.”

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4.Rio: Olympic Boulevard, AquaRio and Museum of Tomorrow Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 54 reviews · 4 hours · from $49

You’ll tour Rio’s renewed port district with a live guide in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Visit the Museum of Tomorrow, photograph Eduardo Kobra’s huge mural, and add AquaRio for sharks, rays, corals, and thousands of marine animals. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included.

“El guía fue excelente. El tour en general es bueno, pero la peor parte es la larga caminata por el bulevar para llegar al museo del mañana. Esta parte del tour se debería obviar y hacer el traslado en el mismo minibús.”

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5.Rio: Olympic Boulevard, Museum of Tomorrow & History Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.1 · 47 reviews · 4 hours · from $67

Spend four hours with an English, Spanish, or Portuguese-speaking guide exploring Rio’s Downtown by air-conditioned van and on foot. See Valongo Wharf, Eduardo Kobra’s huge mural, the Museum of Tomorrow, Saint Benedict Monastery, Praça XV, and Confeitaria Colombo. Guides include Emma, Pedro, Emanuella, and Marilia.

“Emma was a great and friendly guide. We had a great time touring the locations in the tour and loved the flexibility of touring the museum of tomorrow at our own pace. Highly recommend for those wanting to see a different side of Rio not covered in many other tours of the city”

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6.Rio: Petrópolis Trip with Palace, Imperial Museum & Brewery

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 42 reviews · 9 hours · from $55

Spend nine hours touring Petrópolis from Rio with a bilingual guide, round-trip transport, and entrance tickets. See Quitandinha, the Imperial Museum, Crystal Palace, Saint Peter of Alcantara Cathedral, and Santos Dumont’s home, with a Casa do Alemão stop along the way.

“Liked Imperial Palace visit and Santos Dumont House (optional). Crystal Palace was a dull and I didn't like a 30 minute stop at a motorway café or long visit to chocolate shop. Fixing pick up place was really bad. Place and time were changed but the guide wasn't told... Guide remained very calm with people who were late. Not easy when such a big group. I had the worst seat on the bus, next to the guide. Large sticker on the window blocked a lot of the beauty views. As with all trips I've done in Rio, I wish there was a central pickup point rather than 2 hours driving…”

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7.Manaus: MUSA and INPA Museums with Observation Tower Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.4 · 26 reviews · 1 day · from $50

Visit MUSA and the INPA research area in Manaus with an English and Portuguese-speaking guide. Walk forest trails, see orchids, aquariums, insects, snakes, and butterflies, then climb a 42-meter tower for a canopy view. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, but museum entry costs about 30 BRL.

“The communication before the tour was terrible, and we ended up arriving at the meeting before 10. Others on the tour were the old a meeting time of 10:30 (they were on the same ship that my wife and I were on). we ended up waiting until 11:00 for 2 other couples that never showed up. The meeting point was in the port reception building, which was blistering hot (the feels like temp that day peaked at 107 degrees). The remainder of the tour was ok, but the haphazard start and lengthy wait really drained our energy and enthusiasm.”

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8.Flamengo Museum Ticket Entrance

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 22 reviews · 1 day · from $18Best value

Visit Flamengo Museum at the club’s Gávea headquarters and trace its story from a 1895 rowing club to a football powerhouse. Four floors of trophies, 14 themed sections, giant screens, sensory rooms, and a digital guide in Portuguese, English, and Spanish make this a strong pick for sports fans.

“O ambiente do Museo, a experiência “Rubro Negra” e claro sempre bom adquirir produtos do grande time Flamengo.”

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