A rubber baron's halls
With original furniture.
MTur Destinos — Public domain · Innomime (DCM) — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dennis G. Jarvis — CC BY-SA 2.0 · MTur Destinos — Public domain
The Palácio Rio Negro was built in 1903 in eclectic style as the home of Karl Waldemar Scholz, a German rubber baron, when Amazonas was one of the richest states in Brazil. When the rubber trade collapsed under Asian competition from 1911 and the First World War cut the shipping line to Hamburg, Scholz mortgaged the house and his family returned to Germany. The state government rented the palace and then bought it in 1918, naming it Palácio Rio Negro; it was the seat of the Amazonas government until 1995, though governors stopped living there in 1959. In 1995 the state turned it into a cultural centre and museum telling the story of the Amazon rubber boom. Today you walk through two floors of preserved halls with much of their original furniture, among some 228 pieces of furniture, art and historic objects, on a guided or free visit. Entry is free; it opens 9:00-15:00, closed on Tuesdays and Sundays.
With original furniture.
Amazon riches.
1903 architecture.
Avenida Sete de Setembro 1546, central Manaus
Yes; it opens 9:00-15:00 and is closed on Tuesdays and Sundays.
