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Brazil Museums:  Rio de Janeiro * Petroplis

There is a magnificent museum in Rio de Janeiro called the "Museum of Tomorrow". This museum is known to have had exhibits of or about Alberto Santos-Dumont. Santos-Dumont's home in Petroplis is also a very fine museum.

Rio: Museum of Tomorrow

Brazil is the home of Alberto Santos-Dumont, so one could expect that a display recognizing a native son would be present at all times at this museum though I was unable to confirm it. As with most all modern museums, the emphasis is not history, rather the emphasis is typically only on the "modern" hands-on displays to bring in paying guests. It is not unusual in modern museums to find airships completely neglected to make room for the "glitz and glamor" displays.

Museum of Tomorrow

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Website: Museum of Tomorrow

The museum is located at (Lat Lon) -22.8939 -043.1792, in Rio De Janeiro.

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Petroplis: Home of Alberto Santos-Dumont

The home of Alberto Santos-Dumont has long been a museum. Though not an "airship museum", or a history museum with an airship exhibit or two, it is the home of Alberto Santos-Dumont!

Alberto Santos-Dumont home

Photo credit: Isabela Kassow/Diadorim Ideias

Website: Casa Santos-Dumont

The museum is located at (Lat Lon) -22.510376 -043.184231, in Petroplis.

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