Football Museum, São Paulo

Tracing football’s (soccer’s) growth from a game for the elites to a passion for all the 190 million people of Brazil, the Museu do Futebol opened in September 2008 at the Pacaembu Stadium (Praça Charles Miller, Consolçao, São Paulo) in São Paulo, east of the central downtown area.

See sports reel footage of Pelé and Garrincha. Put on 3-D glasses and watch Ronaldinho dribble a soccer ball to a samba beat without letting it touch the ground. Take a penalty kick at a goal and have the speed measured by a radar gun; 

Open 10-5 Tues.-Sun. Entry, 6 reals ($2.50). Free on Thursday.