Museu Casa de Santos Dumont
Museu Casa de Santos Dumont
Museu Casa de Santos Dumont
4.5
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM
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
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This museum, in the former summer residence of Alberto Santos Dumont, father of Brazilian aviation, is devoted to his life and career.
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Maria Eduarda
Sao Joao De Meriti, RJ13 contributions
July 2023 • Couples
Maybe I'm a little controversial on this one... but my experience with the Casa de Santos Dumont Museum was pleasant, but I believe it's not necessary for anyone spending just one day in the city.
The main reason for this is that you spend more time in line than inside the house. As it was for the summer, it's basically a kitnet, very small, you can easily visit the first floor in 2 minutes (even if you read all the reports calmly) and the same thing on the second floor, which only has the place where he slept and the bathroom. It had everything to be an interesting and quick ride, but it's not fast at all. When I went with my boyfriend, the line to get in was really long, and then there's the line to go up to the second floor. In the end, we spent around 1 hour there, 5 minutes in the attraction and the other 55 in line.
Anyway, it's interesting, but it gets complicated for those who will only be in the city for a short time.
The main reason for this is that you spend more time in line than inside the house. As it was for the summer, it's basically a kitnet, very small, you can easily visit the first floor in 2 minutes (even if you read all the reports calmly) and the same thing on the second floor, which only has the place where he slept and the bathroom. It had everything to be an interesting and quick ride, but it's not fast at all. When I went with my boyfriend, the line to get in was really long, and then there's the line to go up to the second floor. In the end, we spent around 1 hour there, 5 minutes in the attraction and the other 55 in line.
Anyway, it's interesting, but it gets complicated for those who will only be in the city for a short time.
Written 1 October 2023
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Cris A
Belo Horizonte, MG14 contributions
Aug 2023 • Family
I thought the ticket was expensive, the attraction was not very interesting. Small collection of his objects and stories.
The only thing worth the experience is the stairs.
Currently the ticket is 10.00 the same price as the imperial museum. This value is very meaningless.
The only thing worth the experience is the stairs.
Currently the ticket is 10.00 the same price as the imperial museum. This value is very meaningless.
Written 13 August 2023
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Trek-Always
Alpharetta, GA2,522 contributions
Feb 2015 • Couples
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.
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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.
Written 25 February 2015
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Marcelo Locke
Rio de Janeiro, RJ10 contributions
Nov 2014 • Business
This is a special and unique house. It was the place where Santos Dumont, the plane inventor, used to spend the Summer time in Rio de Janeiro. Here we see the stairway in the entrance wich you can only start going up using your right foot, in order to achieve the end of it with the same right foot. You'll see some of his inventions, such as the wrist clock, the shower system and many other, as the 14 BIS project, the first airplane to fly registered by the news worldwide.
Written 5 February 2015
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Jaclyn G
Melbourne, Australia13 contributions
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!
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!
Written 22 December 2014
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weberb68
Rapid City, SD725 contributions
Aug 2014 • Couples
This was a bit of a spur-of-the-moment stop for my husband and I when we were seeing the sights of Petropolis. Our guide Vicente (see Tour Guide Vicente - Rio Private Tours). It is the home of Santos Dumont, the father of Brazilian aviation. To be honest, until Vicente mentioned him while we were in the Imperial Summer Palace gift shop, I had never heard of him. His house was small, but cleverly designed. There was a small museum/gift shop when we exited that had a great video with subtitles in English (I think there are different subtitles for different languages, but one is English). That was great to give us a little more detail about him. It's a cute little house and an inexpensive (R$5 if I remember correctly) way to pass a little time while in Petropolis.
Written 1 September 2014
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francois b
Toulouse, France41 contributions
Mar 2019 • Couples
Wether you are interested by aviation or not , don't forget to make a stop at this real mc coy house ...!
Written 1 June 2019
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Gypsgris
Poughkeepsie, NY469 contributions
Aug 2014 • Friends
This is a quite amazing place. Mr. Santos Dumont had it built to his exacting specifications. Since he was a man of small stature, he got away with some nifty ideas. Check it out, you will love it.
Written 7 September 2014
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Dorothyangie
Rio de Janeiro, RJ106 contributions
It's very nice to go. Not a very long visit.
Has a good documentation and inventions by Santos Dumont.
The house has stairs, so it's no good for people with disability.
Has a good documentation and inventions by Santos Dumont.
The house has stairs, so it's no good for people with disability.
Written 4 March 2014
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Carla_Thiago
Rio de Janeiro, RJ1,092 contributions
Sept 2013 • Couples
Small and cosy house. Just enough to live in a humble and happy way. The stairs make you start climbing with the right foot- always!. It was intriguing to know how much he learned and observed from the sky in a tiny observatory he built on the top of the roof. The Brazilian flag was at its top. This bedroom had a very simple closet and a working desk which turned into his bed at night by placing a mattress over it. Interesting...he was a very smart and lonely person. I did not know he had committed suicide. Thanks to him and his knowledge on aviation, which he learned all by himself and friends from France, we have his name as the first man to fly an airplane. And yes, he was a Brazilian!!!!!
Written 14 September 2013
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Aceita pagamento meia entrada estudante e BPC?
Written 22 June 2024
Olá, o museu está funcionando nesse período de pandemia? Obrigado
Written 18 October 2020
Desde 07/07/2015 os preços foram reajustados para R$ 8,00 e R$ 4,00 (meia entrada)
Written 17 July 2015
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