Abílio Barreto History Museum, City history museum in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

The Abílio Barreto History Museum is a city history museum housed in a traditional building in Belo Horizonte. Its exhibition spaces contain photographs, objects, and documents that document different periods of the city's growth and transformation.

The farmhouse that houses the museum was built in 1883 by Cândido Lúcio da Silveira on the Fazenda do Leitão, land bought by captain Francisco Luís de Carvalho in 1864. The property was vacated in 1894 during the expropriations for the new capital. The museum itself was created by Decree 91 of 26 May 1941 and opened on 1 February 1943 under mayor Juscelino Kubitschek, with historian Abílio Barreto as first director; it took its current name in 1967.

The museum tells stories of how the city grew through the eyes of people who lived there, showing objects and documents that reveal local life and traditions. These collections help visitors understand how ordinary people shaped Belo Horizonte as it became a modern city.

The museum occupies the old Fazenda do Leitão farmhouse on Avenida Prudente de Morais, in the Cidade Jardim neighbourhood, just beyond Avenida do Contorno. The building sits outside the area laid out in the original capital plan, so visitors should orient themselves by that avenue rather than the city centre.

The museum focuses on how people and their choices shaped the city, featuring personal objects and stories from different social backgrounds. This focus on human perspective sets it apart from typical history presentations.