Museu Histórico e Artístico do Maranhão, Public museum in São Luís, Brazil.

The Museu Histórico e Artístico do Maranhão is a museum in São Luís housed in a 19th-century mansion that contains more than 10,000 objects including furniture, porcelain, paintings, and sculptures. These collections are displayed throughout different rooms of the building, offering an overview of the region's craftsmanship and domestic arts.

The mansion was built in 1836 for Major Ignácio Gomes de Souza, a farmer from the Itapecuru valley and father of the mathematician Souzinha. It later belonged to senator Alexandre Colares Moreira and to textile industrialist José Francisco Jorge, who sold it to the state government in 1968. The museum was founded in 1969 as a state initiative to safeguard Maranhão's historical memory and artistic production.

The rooms are arranged as a real 19th-century home, showing how wealthy families lived and arranged their domestic spaces during that era. You can see how daily life looked through the furniture, decorative items, and organization of each room.

The museum occupies the Solar Gomes de Souza on Praça Pedro II, in the centre of São Luís. Its spaces are spread over a ground floor, an upper floor, the Floriano Peixoto gallery, the Jacinto Inocêncio garden, the Apolônia Pinto theatre and a mirante. The theatre seats seventy and hosts plays, music, dance, video screenings and lectures, so check what is on before planning a visit.

The museum holds the original manuscript of a classic Brazilian novel and maintains an extensive collection of decorative ceramic tiles. These tiles come from different periods and showcase the region's tile-making heritage.