Museu de Porto Alegre Joaquim Felizardo, Historical museum in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

The Museu Joaquim José Felizardo occupies a 19th-century residence and documents Porto Alegre's urban development through objects, photographs, and records. The collection holds thousands of photographs and artifacts that capture different aspects of city life across multiple generations.

Lopo Gonçalves Bastos, a Portuguese merchant and founder of the Porto Alegre Commercial Association, built the manor between 1845 and 1853 as a summer house in the then-rural Cidade Baixa. After his death in 1872 and his wife's in 1876, their daughter Maria Luísa added a turret and an inner patio. The city converted it into a museum in 1979; restoration under architect Nestor Torelly Martins ran from 1980 to 1982.

The museum displays items and photographs that reveal how daily life, work, and neighborhoods evolved throughout the city's history. These collections let visitors connect with the stories of ordinary people who shaped Porto Alegre through their everyday experiences.

The museum occupies the Solar Lopo Gonçalves at 582 João Alfredo Street, in the Cidade Baixa neighbourhood. The building sits on a raised basement, so visitors enter at the upper floor level; the small internal patio and turret added by Maria Luísa are visible from the rooms. The Sioma Breitman Photo Library, with about 9,000 digitised photographs, can be consulted on computers in a self-service system.

The house itself is a rare surviving example of 1800s residential design and offers visitors a window into how wealthy families lived at that time. Walking through its rooms reveals the design choices and comfort levels that distinguished affluent homes from others in the period.