Historic building
From 1836.
Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Delma Paz from São Paulo, Brazil — CC BY 2.0 · Sintegrity — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sintegrity — CC BY-SA 4.0 · Sintegrity — CC BY-SA 4.0
The João Batista Conti Museum is Atibaia's municipal museum, housed in a historic building in the town centre built in 1836 for the public jail and the municipal court, then refurbished before opening to the public as a museum in the early 1950s. The national heritage institute listed it in 1955. The museum is named after the man who organised its collection, by a municipal law of 1961. Its holdings include documents from the colonial and imperial eras, old photographs of Atibaia, furniture, coins and paintings by Benedito Calixto and Yolando Mallozzi, with permanent rooms and temporary exhibitions. It makes an hour's introduction to the town's history before the climb to Pedra Grande. Entry is free according to guides; hours differ between sources and it usually closes on Mondays, so check with the city before going.
From 1836.
São Paulo painter.
In photographs.
Praça Bento Paes, central Atibaia
The public jail and municipal court from 1836.
