Tourist Office
Centro Britânico - São Paulo, Brazil

A Piece of Independence
Teacher Virgínia Perracini

The museum of Ipiranga is located in São Paulo in the district called Ipiranga.

Is the oldest museum in the city, and more than a million people visit it every day. There 

we can see antique furniture and old documents of São Paulo. It is interesting 

for teenagers and students because it shows a lot of history there. They offer a service during the visit to explain why this museum was created and what the most important items are. 

The museum was created in 1893, so the building is antique and historical, 

because it had been constructed to be the first Monument of Independence. The building 

was created by an Italian engineer called Tommaso Gaudenzio Bezzi. There is a cozy 

inside. The museum is open from Tuesday to Sunday and the price of the ticket is R$2,00.

People usually spend the time there seeing the documents and historical 

paintings made by: Benedito Calixto, Oscar Pereira da Silva e Almeida Júnior. The first 

time I went there was with my school group in 1999. I got to know 

this place because of my History teacher and because of my parents. Foreign students will

like it, because they can learn more about São Paulo and more about Brazil, especially 

because of the Independence. And the visit is really worth because of the old documents.)