Museu da Língua Portuguesa

Fun place to learn some history of languages especially if you're a liguaphile. It's all housed in the historic Luz building and the third floor has a short film and opens up to a multi-wall projector open space theater where poems are creatively recited. The second floor has video along the hallway with historical information and and interactive section towards the back along with a history of the line of important factors.
The first floor had a bunch of political comics which transcends language barriers.
I was expecting more historical documents or an extensive library but still it was quite modern.

Separated across several small floors in the beautiful Estação da Luz this museum was a pleasant surprise. On the first floor you'll find poems, graffiti, and political slogans that may go over your head if you are not familiar with Portuguese (or another Romance language). Going up again takes you to the biggest floor which expounds on the origins and influences of modern Brasilian Portuguese along with some light insights into the history of Brasil. It's on the smaller side but if you read every poster you could spend more than an hour without even watching their video presentation (included in the ticket price).

Cheap and easily accessible, but only worth it if you're into words.

Here you can learn everything you ever wanted to know about the Portuguese Language. I do mean everything - history, locations, dialects, colloquialisms, influence of other languages, etc. It was a very informative tour, but I went on a Saturday and it was a bit crowded because a school was having a field trip. As a result, it was nearly impossible to read or hear most of the exhibits.

But overall a really cool museum where you can learn a lot. Is there something like this for English? If not then there should be.

Oh, admission is free on Saturdays.

I didn't exactly know what to expect but being a fan of languages (portuguese in particular) I gave it a shot.
In general I have found that museums in Brazil are very well kept and use technology wisely to have the visitor interact more.

This museum gives you a wonderful taste of language- it's evolution and influences- as well as general culture and history.

The Estação da Luz is a beautiful building that is located next to the Pinacoteca; do not forget to take a nice little stroll.

Very nice museum in an old train station. The exhibits are interesting and multi-media. Even though my Portuguese is limited, I enjoyed the museum quite a bit. After touring the exhibits, it's fun to take a stroll through the park across the street.