The Museu Goiano Zoroastro Artiaga sits on Praça Cívica, inside one of the Art Deco buildings that make Goiânia's planned centre so distinctive. Founded in 1946, it is the city's oldest museum and a useful stop if you want the state of Goiás to feel like more than a name on the map.
The collections cover archaeology, indigenous material culture, minerals, sacred art, popular traditions, and the early history of Goiânia. The museum is not huge, but the building and setting give it extra weight: pair it with a walk around Praça Cívica and the nearby Centro Cultural Oscar Niemeyer to see the two different architectural moments that shaped the city.