Rio de Janeiro - Quinta da Boa Vista 
One of the most attractive places in São Cristóvão is the park of Quinta da Boa Vista, with lakes, caves, clumps of trees, gardens and a railway which takes visitors round the park.
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National Museum
From 1808 to 1889 the palace of Quinta da Boa Vista was the residence of the royal and the imperial family, and was much altered and rebuilt to become the Palácio de São Cristóvão. It now houses the National Museum, which has the largest zoological, botanical, ethnological and archaeological collections in the country, amounting in total to over a million items, as well as a library of 300,000 volumes. The Museum also runs postgraduate training courses.
Rio de Janeiro National Museum
Quinta da Boa Vista
São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20940-040
Brazil
Quinta da Boa Vista
São Cristóvão
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 20940-040
Brazil
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 | 16:00 |
Fauna Museum (Zoo)
Within the Qunta da Boa Vista park are the Fauna Museum, with specimens of Brazilian birds and mammals, and the Zoo, one of the finest in Brazil, with some 2400 species of mammals, birds and reptiles from Africa, Asia and Brazil.
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