São Paulo has excellent art and historical museums. The modern and bold building MASP keeps an internationally famous collection of artists like Bosch, Rembrant, Poussin, Van Gogh, Renoir and Degas.
Pinacoteca do Estado (State Art Museum) is located on a totally recovered building from 1905 and it has art works in its heap from XIX century and modern Brazilian artists.
Museu Paulista (Paulista Museum), called Museu do Ipiranga (Ipiranga Museum), exhibits objects that tell Brazilian history from XIX and XX centuries. Museu de Arte Sacra (Sacred Art Museum) has religious pictures and objects, the most ancient from XVI century, within a collection of over 4 thousand pieces. These are only a few within several places destined to culture in the city.