Broad façade
1914 building.
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The Palace of Instruction is a protected historic building in Cuiabá's historic centre, opened on 15 August 1914 under governor Joaquim Augusto da Costa Marques on a 4,757-square-metre plot that had held a ruined barracks. It was built with 27 classrooms, four offices, a vestibule, two inner courtyards and a great hall, on two floors of 1,286 square metres each. The building first held two schools, the Pedro Celestino teacher-training school upstairs and the Barão de Melgaço model school downstairs, and later the historic Liceu Cuiabano. From October 1971 it housed state departments, and in 1975 the state public library moved in, together with museums of history, natural history and anthropology, a picture gallery and a free art studio. With its broad façade and two courtyards, it is one of Cuiabá's finest historic buildings, seen on a walk around the historic centre a few steps from the Mundéu fountain. Check opening times.
1914 building.
Inside.
Since 1975.
Historic centre, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso
Chafariz do MundéuThe Mundéu Fountain, originally the Fountain of the Largo da Conceição, is a pub3 minutes walk4.9
Historic Centre of CuiabáThe historic centre of Cuiabá, capital of Mato Grosso, is an area protected by t7 minutes walk4.0
SESC ArsenalSESC Arsenal is a cultural centre in Cuiabá's old military arsenal. King João VI18 minutes walk4.9A school building opened in 1914, later home to the state public library and museums from 1975.