Immigration Museum (Santa Bárbara D'Oeste)
The Immigration Museum (Museu da Imigração) is a public museum located in the city of Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, in the countryside of the state of São Paulo (state), São Paulo, Brazil. It was founded on January 30, 1988, from the collection of the Fraternity of American Descendants, a civil society organization responsible for managing the Cemetery of the Americans. It is subordinated to the Municipal Secretariat of Culture and Tourism. The museum is housed in the former town hall and jail of Santa Bárbara d'Oeste, a building opened in 1896, designed in Eclecticism in architecture, eclectic style by French architect Victor Dubugras. It is equipped with a specialized library and has an annex dedicated to the documentation of the city, the Santa Bárbara d'Oeste Memory Center. It holds long and short-term exhibitions and cultural and educational activities. Its collection is composed of historical objects and documents related to the city's history and to the settlement waves that ...
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