Museu Casa de Santos Dumont, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4.5 (4.186 reviews) Monday: Spent Ranking #9 in Petropolis Speciality Museums
House of a great inventor
This museum, in the former summer residence of Alberto Santos Dumont, father of Brazilian aviation, is devoted to his life and career.
Address
Rua do Encanto, 22 – Centro Próximo ao Relógio das Flores, Petropolis, State of Rio de Janeiro 25685-081 Brazil
Mobile
Website
http://guides.hurb.com/museu-casa-de-santos-dumont-petropolis-rj/?cmp=55498
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Sunday : 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Monday, May 13, 2024, 15:05
User Ratings
4.5 based on (4.186 reviews)
Excellent
49%
Good
36%
Satisfactory
14%
Poor
1%
Terrible
0%
Reviews
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4Trek-Always 5:00 PM Feb 24, 2015
Unknown to Us but Perhaps the Rightful Inventor of the Airplane
We visited this house and museum with a private guide which helped the visit a lot. Mr. Dumont is a prolific and eccentric inventor who mostly kept his inventions private and not patented. Of surprise to us, being from the US, was that he seems to have invented the airplane under all of the stated rules before the Wright Brothers. Interesting and surprising to learn about. The attraction is not expensive (about US$3.50 per person), and there are many steps some of which are narrow and/or have tricky footing. This is a place we would not have gone without the suggestion by our guide, but it was worth an hour to see. There are bathrooms, a short film (in Portuguese), and a small gift shop at the top of the site. If this review is helpful then please indicate so below.
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4Jaclyn G 5:00 PM Dec 21, 2014
Fascinating house made by an incredible man
Like many people from outside Brazil, I didn't know much about Santos Dumont before arriving and learning from our tour guide. We stopped in at the house to see the genius of his architecture and design, Dumont's clever use of space and multi-purpose rooms were way ahead of his time. The house and museum are well worth a stop, the video is informative and some of the displays (namely the timeline of his flying machine models) are well done. There is definitely scope for improvement from a curatorial perspective- a larger museum section out of the house with more models of inventions, information on Dumont's life and options for translations on signage would make this experience a 5/5. Well worth a stop at the Enchanted house!
