Car museums & collections in Brazil

Private memorabilia collection near Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, described as the largest Ayrton Senna memorabilia collection in Brazil, including helmets, race suits, and trophies.

Museum in Campos do Jordão, São Paulo, opened in November 2024 by the Fundação Lia Maria Aguiar, tracing the history of Brazil through the automobile with a technical collection of more than 500 vehicles and roughly 100-120 on rotating display.

Fiat-branded cultural and art center in Belo Horizonte that periodically hosts automotive-themed exhibitions, including "Celebrar as ruas: 50 anos de Fiat e brasilidade" running July-October 2026.

Brazil's first museum dedicated exclusively to microcars, located in the Vale dos Vinhedos near Bento Gonçalves and open since August 2021.

Interactive automobile museum in Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, inaugurated in December 2020, displaying more than 30 restored classic cars and motorcycles alongside augmented-reality exhibits and a racing simulator.

Classic car theme park in São Roque, São Paulo, with more than 185 vehicles and a dedicated Formula One-themed wing opened in April 2026 featuring life-size replicas of cars driven by Ayrton Senna.

Free outdoor tribute park at the Interlagos racetrack in São Paulo honoring Ayrton Senna, with sculptures and QR-code exhibits rather than physical cars.

Private collection in Carmo da Mata, Minas Gerais, open by appointment, displaying 100-150 restored American and European cars from the 1920s-1960s alongside an antique clock collection.

Volkswagen's historic vehicle collection at its Anchieta plant in São Bernardo do Campo, São Paulo, viewable via a scheduled Thursday factory-tour program reopened and expanded in August 2025.

Private museum in Maricá, Rio de Janeiro, inaugurated in December 2024 and described as the state's first private automobile museum open to the public, with a broad collection including taxis, film vehicles, and motorcycles.

Cinema-themed classic car museum in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, founded in 1997 and home to what is described as Latin America's largest Cadillac collection.

Themed park in Nova Petrópolis, Rio Grande do Sul, dedicated to the Ford Model A, opened in 2026 and featuring around 40 restored vehicles and related exhibits.

Planned museum of antique objects and vehicles in Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, intended to display more than 40 antique vehicles among roughly 8,000 catalogued items on a municipally-donated site.

Private collector's museum in Bebedouro, São Paulo, established in 1964, displaying antique vehicles, machines, and weapons.

Motorsport museum in Passo Fundo, Rio Grande do Sul, displaying more than 100 historic competition vehicles including cars associated with Emerson Fittipaldi and Rubens Barrichello, plus an archive of over 100,000 photographs and documents.

Automobile museum in the historic Recife Antigo district of Pernambuco; recent visitor reviews (2024-2025) describe the collection as poorly maintained.

Museum on the Estrada Real near Tiradentes, Minas Gerais, displaying about 70 European, American, and Brazilian classic cars.

Former museum on the Eixo Monumental in Brasília founded by José Roberto Nasser in 2004, sealed by court order in 2012 after a dispute over the government-ceded property, and never reopened.

Classic car museum in Canela, Rio Grande do Sul, inaugurated in 2016 by the Azambuja brothers, displaying around 40 vehicles from the 1920s to the 1980s across roughly 1,700 square meters.

Municipal classic car museum located inside Parque Barigui in Curitiba, rotating a collection of about 150 antique vehicles with roughly 70 on display at a time.

Museum in Pomerode, Santa Catarina, displaying American classic cars from the 1940s to 1970s.

Private classic vehicle collection in São Paulo founded by collector Romeu Siciliano, displaying around 60 cars, carriages, motorcycles, and bicycles from the 1910s-1950s.

Museum in Fortaleza run by the Veteran Car Club do Ceará since 1973, with the museum building operating since 1981, displaying 57 vehicles from 1910 to 1970.

Planned automobile museum in Vila Velha, Espírito Santo, announced for opening in 2025, intended to display around 30 pre-1950s European cars.

Private museum in the Ipiranga district of São Paulo dedicated to the Volkswagen Beetle ("Fusca"), owned by collector Camilo Cristófaro, with roughly 28-30 vehicles.

Private archive of Emerson Fittipaldi's Formula One memorabilia in São Paulo, not regularly open to walk-in visitors.

City-owned museum in Caçapava, São Paulo, reopened in October 2023 after being closed since 1993, displaying 26 vehicles and 10 engines including Willys-Overland Brazil models, Bugatti, Rolls-Royce, Alfa Romeo, Packard, and Cadillac.

Motorsport museum at the Autódromo Velocitta in Mogi Guaçu, São Paulo, open to groups and events only, not general walk-in visitors.

Planned museum inside a tower under construction in Balneário Camboriú, intended to display Ayrton Senna memorabilia including his 1987 Lotus 99T, which has already arrived on site.

Static display and paid drive-experience venue in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul, featuring modern supercars such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Porsche, and Corvette, plus Formula One simulators.

Private car museum and experience venue in Brasília that opened in July 2023, displaying around 220 classic vehicles including cars and motorcycles across roughly 5,000 square meters.