Campo Grande's Cultural Scene: Museums, Music & Frontier Arts
Campo Grande's cultural scene reflects its position as the capital of Brazil's frontier state — the indigenous collections, the contemporary art, and the mixed Brazilian-Paraguayan-Japanese cultural life create distinctive cultural expressions
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Museu Dom Bosco
The Dom Bosco Museum – founded by Salesian missionaries – has one of Brazil's finest collections of indigenous objects and natural history specimens from Mato Grosso do Sul, with extraordinary butterfly and mineral collections
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Museu de Arte Contemporânea
The Museum of Contemporary Art presents Brazilian artists working on themes such as border, nature and indigenous culture – the cerrado and Pantanal landscapes are recurring subjects in the state's visual arts
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Japanese-Brazilian Community Culture
Campo Grande has the fourth largest Japanese-Brazilian community in Brazil — the sobá noodle tradition, Buddhist temples, Japanese garden and annual cultural festival reflect this community's integration
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Feira Central Saturday night
The Saturday night Feira Central - a large outdoor food and craft market that runs from 6pm to midnight - is Campo Grande's major social event; tereré, churrasco and local ingredients create a festive atmosphere
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Pantanal Photography Festival
The annual Pantanal Photography Festival brings nature photographers from all over Brazil and internationally — the Pantanal's photographic opportunities attract some of the world's best nature photographers
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Regional Music: Sertanejo Roots
Mato Grosso do Sul's sertanejo music has deep roots in frontier cattle culture — the traditional modas de viola and the stories of the pantaneiro cowboys are the musical heart of the region's culture