Museum of Caxias do Sul City, Municipal museum in Caxias do Sul, Brazil.
The Municipal Museum of Caxias do Sul occupies the old Morandi Otolini mansion on Visconde de Pelotas Street, a building from 1884 that gained an extra floor in 1893. Its rooms hold a 19th-century room, a 20th-century room, a furniture room, a sacred art room and the Aldo Locatelli Pinacoteca, opened in June 1975 for artists from Caxias do Sul.
Founded in 1947 through Municipal Decree No. 2 by Mayor Demétrio Niederauer, the museum originally operated in a mansion facing Dante Alighieri Square before relocating to its current 1884 building.
The museum preserves Italian immigration heritage through exhibitions featuring archaeological items, traditional crafts, religious art, and objects demonstrating the cultural evolution of Caxias do Sul's immigrant communities.
Located at Rua Visconde de Pelotas, 586 in downtown Caxias do Sul, the museum offers guided tours, educational workshops, and accessibility features for visitors with disabilities.
The museum operates in a historic 1884 building that previously served as prison, school, police station, and municipal headquarters before becoming a DIPPAHC Good Class heritage site.
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