museums (art & folklore interest)
Museu-Oficina Francisco Brennand
Propriedade Santos Cosme e Damião, near Avenida Caxangá and Rua Gastão Vidigal, Cordeiro, Zona Oeste, (http://www.brennand.com.b...). Great ceramic art in a bucolic area of the city surrounded by forest.Parque das Esculturas
a sculpture park on the reefs of the port of Recife. Contains more than 90 sculptures by Francisco Brennand, including a 30 meter high tower. Getting there: take a canoe ride from Praça do Marco Zero, in Recife Antigo Centro. Alternatively, drive through Brasília Teimosa Zona Sul.Museu da Imagem e do Som de Pernambuco (MISPE)
Rua da Aurora, Boa Vista, Centro, tel.: +55 81 3231-2716, (http://salu.cesar.org.br/...). M-F 9AM-5PM, Sa,Su 1PM-5PM. Image and Sound Museum. Holds more than 6,000 pieces, including movies, records, photographs, postcards and the like. Uses modern audivisual techniques to document Pernambuco's culture.Aluísio Magalhães Modern Art Museum
Museu de Arte Moderna Aluísio Magalhães (MAMAM. Rua da Aurora, 265, Boa Vista Centro, tel: +55 81 3232-2188 and 3232-1694, (http://www.mamam.art.br/). Open: Tu-Su noon-6PM.MAMAM at the Courtyard
MAMAM no Pátio. Unit of the Aloísio Magalhães Modern Art Museum MAMAM at the São Pedro Courtyard. Experimental space for visual arts and critical reflection concerning contemporary development in these arts. Short term exhibitions, performance art, workshops, debates. Pátio de São Pedro, 17, São José Centro, tel.: +55 81 3232-2844 / +55 81 3232-2857.Museu Murillo La Greca
Rua Leonardo Bezerra Cavalcanti 366, Parnamirim, Zonta Norte, tel.: +55 81 3232-4276, (http://www.recife.pe.gov....). M-Fr, 9AM-5PM. More than 1,400 drawings and 160 paintings by paintor Murillo La Greca. The paintor's biography in Portuguese and some of his works can be seen at Cyberartes (http://www.cyberartes.com...).Museu de Arte Sacra Padre Roberto Barbalho
Rua Nova, 309, Santo Antônio, Centro, tel: +55 81 3224-3106. Located at Nossa Senhora da Conceiçao dos Militares Church, the museum contains religious artifacts.Museu Franciscano de Arte Sacra
at Santo Antônio de Sao Francisco Convent. Rua Imperador Pedro II, Santo Antônio, Centro.Museu de Arte Popular
Pátio de São Pedro, 11, São José, Centro. Open: M-Fr 8AM-5PM.Casa do Carnaval
Pátio de São Pedro, 52, São José, Centro, tel.: +55 81 3224-1103, (http://www.recife.pe.gov....). Open: M-Fr 9AM-5:30PM.