Rio de Janeiro: City of Culture

Uncover its past. Celebrate its people. Explore its places.

In collaboration with

General Archive of Rio de Janeiro CityRio de Janeiro Department of ConservationMuseu NacionalUNESCO World Heritage
and more collections

Rio: a world stage

Did you know... before Brasília became the capital of Brazil in 1960, it was Rio de Janeiro!Learn more

From carnival to Copacabana

Preserving the city's cultural heritage

The purpose of the General Archive of Rio de Janeiro City is to collect, preserve, and organize the documentary collections produced by the government, as well as private archives.

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Meet the locals

Inside the Communities

The vibrant home to more than one and a half million people

Step by step

The staircase was created by Jorge Selarón, a Chilean-born Brazilian painter and ceramist

Located at Joaquim Silva Street, is over 125 meters long with 215 steps and links Lapa to Santa Teresa

It has over 2,000 tiles chosen from around the world in the colors of the Brazilian flag

It was built over 20 years, starting in the 1990s and only finished when the artist died in 2013

Walk Up the Selarón Steps

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Inside Brazil's National Museum

Rediscover the Collection

Digitized before the fire in 2018

The Legacy of the Museu Nacional

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