The long-standing Rubber Museum is well worth a look for its fascinating history of rubber-tapping in Acre. The museum's three rooms have displays ranging from how tappers learned to extract the milky sap without killing the tree (a tool called a cabrita, meaning 'little goat', was key) to the life and work of Chico Mendes and the Rural Workers Union. Portuguese only.
Museu da Borracha
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