Inaugurated on 7 January 1982, the Museu Afro-Brasileiro (MAFRO) is housed in Salvador's former Faculty of Medicine (UFBA), facing the Terreiro de Jesus in the Pelourinho historic center. Its signature work is the 'Mural dos Orixás,' Argentine-Bahian artist Carybé's 27 cedar panels depicting the deities of Candomblé; the museum also holds Amorim's wood carvings and significant collections documenting Bahia's African-derived religious and cultural life.