French garden
With fountain.
Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0
The Baroness Museum is a cultural institution of the Pelotas city government, opened in 1982 and listed as city heritage in 1985. It stands in the Areal district, known in the early 19th century for the charqueadas, the dried-beef works that made the city rich. The museum occupies a house built in 1863 on the estate of the Barons of Três Serros, thought to have been commissioned by its first owner, Aníbal Antunes Maciel; the house and seven hectares of land were donated to the city in 1978. The eclectic house has a veranda with carved fretwork, a ballroom and a central courtyard, and before it lies a French-style garden with a fountain and symmetrical beds. The grounds also hold canals with bridges, lakes with an island, a bath tower, a romantic «little castle» and a grotto set with quartz. The collection of more than 3,000 pieces shows the customs of Pelotas society from the late 19th century to the 1930s, from clothing and furniture to personal objects and photographs. Check opening times.
With fountain.
And grotto.
19th century.
Areal district, Pelotas, Rio Grande do Sul
Over 3,000 pieces of clothing, furniture and personal objects portraying Pelotas society of the past.