Centro Cultural Cais do Sertão

This place was incredible, however multiple pieces were missing or under maintenance which made my experience a bit unpleasant. I still learned a lot about the "sertão", Pernambuco's country side affected by drought and their difficult life. I hope the maintenance ends soon so we can have access to the other parts of the museum.

I went here years ago when it had just opened and it was GREAT. Now, years later, the place is falling apart. Literally half of the museum is ‘under maintenance’. The whole upper floor is closed, several exhibits are gone and the floor is full of holes. Very sad. Recife and Pernambuco, if you are proud of your culture and heritage (and you should be), invest in this museum and make it great again. Do it for Luiz!

Nice and lovely museum. For Brazilian standards it is a very good museum. The collection is nice and it is nice you can try the different instruments of forro. This improves the understanding of the music significant and I liked it a lot, the music guy was explaining everything and even could speak English very well.

Beautiful small museum, huge tribute to ‘sertão’, to being Nordestino, being Brazilian. Poetry, music and inspiration is everywhere. For free.

I was alarmed that the building used to be an old disabled warehouse: it is completely beautiful! It's walking distance from the Marco Zero square and a nice place to bring children. They have all sorts of art installations (paintings, scenarios, sculptures, music, videos, etc) and interactive games to honor the people of Sertão Nordestino, specially in Pernambuco. There is also a tribute to Luiz Gonzaga, a famous Brazilian forró (and other genres) singer. A lot of volunteers work there and I think it's awesome to value your own culture. There is also a space for events if need to book one.

It is a very interesting cultural space, particularly for Brazilians. It tells the story of Luiz Gonzaga, a famous 20th century singer and musician who took regional music to national and international audiences. Some of the audiovisual equipment is not working properly, but it is worth a visit. There is a small entrance fee.

Nice experience, brings good knowledge and understanding with the visit.

There is no way this place is 4,7 stars. One might say it does a greet job of reflecting Recife and Pernambuco’s perpetually broken nature, as most exhibits were broken despite its relative newness. Exhibits were either too wordy and detailed or too broad and disconnected. attractive in look but lacking substance and a rip off at any price