Museu do Oratório, Religious art museum at Adro do Carmo, Ouro Preto, Brazil.
The Museu do Oratório displays 162 oratories and 300 religious images in a three-story historic house next to Igreja do Carmo.
The building served as residence to Aleijadinho, Brazil's principal baroque sculptor, before becoming a museum with French museographer Pierre Catel's design in 1998.
The collection represents Brazilian religious traditions through domestic oratories and sacred images created between the 17th and 20th centuries.
The museum opens daily from 9:30 AM to 5:30 PM, with free entry for Ouro Preto residents and students who present address proof or enrollment documentation.
Angela Gutierrez donated the entire collection to Instituto do Patrimônio Histórico e Artístico Nacional, making it the largest oratory assemblage in Brazil.
Location: Ouro Preto
Operator: Instituto Cultural Flávio Gutierrez - ICFG
GPS coordinates: -20.38640,-43.50435
Latest update: March 10, 2025 11:39
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