Brazilian Cultural and Historic Places from OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap exports of cultural and historic places across Brazil, last updated 2026-05-15. The data includes museums, galleries, theatres, places of worship, monuments, and historic sites, tagged by volunteers. It is provided by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) and sourced from the collaborative OpenStreetMap project.

Use Cases

• Map cultural asset density for heritage protection based on OSM tags like `historic` and `heritage`.
• Analyze the distribution of tourism amenities like museums and theatres for regional planning.
• Identify and catalog places of worship and monuments for cultural mapping projects.
• Provide geographic context for tourism development based on the `tourism` and `amenity` tags.

Strengths

• Covers multiple cultural place types including museums, galleries, theatres, and monuments.
• Data is available in multiple geospatial formats including GEOPACKAGE, KML, SHP, and GEOJSON.
• Sourced from OpenStreetMap, a free, collaborative global mapping project.

Limitations

• Completeness varies by region; urban areas are usually well-mapped, remote areas may be incomplete.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

OpenStreetMap

Collection Method

Volunteer-contributed mapping and tagging via the OpenStreetMap platform.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-15 09:07:14.298258; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Brazil