Museu Carlos Costa Pinto, Decorative arts museum in Vitória district, Salvador, Brazil
The Museu Carlos Costa Pinto occupies a 1958 building in American Colonial style and displays around 3,000 art objects across 23 rooms. The collection includes silverware from Porto, French crystal chandeliers, and furniture spanning three centuries of European craftsmanship.
The museum opened in 1969 from a donation, fulfilling a collector's wish to make his valuable pieces accessible to the public. The building preserves much of what wealthy sugar plantation families in Brazil collected from the 17th through 19th centuries.
The collection shows how wealthy families lived during the sugar era, with silver plates, crystal chandeliers, and old furniture from different countries. These objects tell of a life filled with luxury and trade between Brazil and Europe.
The visit allows you to walk through multiple rooms at your own pace and take time with the objects. Plan a couple of hours to explore the collection without rush and enjoy the historic spaces themselves.
The building itself shows the architecture wealthy merchants and planters imagined for themselves in the 1950s, mixing American and local styles. The collection also holds rare orders and insignias showing how important these families were in Brazilian society.
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