Selected museums as taken from Insight Guide Brazil :

Museum of Sacred Art (Mon-Fri 11:30am-6pm)
Housed in the 17th century church and convent of Santa Teresa. Baianos claim that this is the largest collection of sacred art in Latin America. In any case, it is easily the most impressive of the city=s museums, and one of the most fascinating in all of Brasil. The baroque and rococo art is displayed in large, airy rooms, many of them lined with blue, white and yellow tiles brought from Portugal in the 1600s. Providing that contraband was a part of secular life in the 17th and 18th centuries, many of the larger images of saints, carved from wood, have been hollowed out to hide smuggled jewels and gold. Paintings, ivory sculptures and works in earthenware, silver and gold are also displayed.

Carlos Costa Pinto Museum (Mon-Fri 2-7pm and Sat & Sun 3-6pm)
This museum houses the Costa Pinto family=s collection of colonial furnishing, porcelain and jewelry, including crystal, hand-painted porcelain dishes and opulent silver balagandans, clusters of charms that were pinned to the blouses of slave women to indiacte their owners= personal welath. Much of the flooring in the main rooms downstairs is pink Carrara marble. At the entrance, employees place cloth slippers over your shoes to protect the floor.

Afro-Brasilian Museum (Mon-Sat 9am-5pm)
Located in the former Faculty of Medicine building. This museum has a fascinating collection of objects that highlight the strong African influence on Bahian culture, including musical instruments, masks, costumes, carvings and other artifacts that are part of the local candomble religion. There are also beautiful wooden panels carved by Carybe, an Argentinian who feel in love with Brasil and adpoted Salvador as his home.

Casa de Jorge Amado (open daily 9am-5pm)
A museum/library replete with books by Brasil=s most famous living novelist (his works have been translated into nearly 50 languages). The collection also includes photographs, memorabilia and a video on the life of Amado, one of Bahia=s most beloved sons.

City Museum (Mon-Fri 9:30am-6:30pm, Sat 1-5pm, Sun 9:30am-1pm)
A collection of Afro-Brasilian folklore. On the top floor are mannequins dressed as the most important gods of the candomble faith: they are identified by their African names as well as their equivalent Catholic saint=s name.