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This mineralogy museum has a quite varied collection of minerals from quartz to diamond to uranium, including many rare specimens. Children have free admission.
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The definitive center of the town. On the north side of the square is the Escolas de Minas (School of Mines), with a museum of mineralogy. On the south side is the Museu da Inconfidência.
Guignard House
This museum has a collection of paintings by Alberto da Veiga Guignard, an influential painter who lived his last years in the town.
This museum is dedicated to the memory of the Inconfidência Mineira, an unsuccessful 1789 revolt against Portuguese rule which was inspired by the American Revolution. The building, one of the best extant specimens of colonial baroque architecture, houses the remains of some of the revolutionaries, a library, archives, and works by artists of the period, including works by Aleijadinho and Manuel da Costa Ataíde.
Opera House
The oldest functioning theater in South America opened in 1770 and still has occasional evening concerts.
This rococo-style church, built in 1766, holds the last works of Aleijadinho as well as the above-mentioned Oratory Museum.
This charming museum has a large collection of over 300 elaborately decorated oratories, small portable prayer altars made for home or travel use.