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List Of Museums In Brazil
This is a list of museums in Brazil. * Cabangu Museum * Catete Palace * Cultural Complex of the Republic * Educational Museum Gama D'Eça * Ema Gordon Klabin Cultural Foundation * Eva Klabin Foundation * Galeria de Artes Álvaro Santos * House of the Seven Lamps ( pt, Casa dos Sete Candeeiros) *Ilha Fiscal * Imperial Museum of Brazil * Mariano Procópio Museum * Museu Aeroespacial * Museu de Arte de Ribeirão Preto * Museu do Estado de Pernambuco * Museu do Índio * Museu Entomológico Fritz Plaumann * Museum of Art of the Parliament of São Paulo * Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo * Museum of Life * Museum of Modern Art of Bahia * Museum of Science and Technology (PUCRS) * Museum of the Portuguese Language * Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP ( pt, Museu de Anatomia Veterinária Prof. Dr. Plínio Pinto e Silva) * Museu Nacional de Belas Artes * Museum Vincente Pallotti * Museu Paulista * Museu Rodin Bahia * National Historical Museum (Brazil) * Nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh most populous. Its capital is Brasília, and its most populous city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 States of Brazil, states and the Federal District (Brazil), Federal District. It is the largest country to have Portuguese language, Portuguese as an List of territorial entities where Portuguese is an official language, official language and the only one in the Americas; one of the most Multiculturalism, multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass Immigration to Brazil, immigration from around the world; and the most populous Catholic Church by country, Roman Catholic-majority country. Bounded by the Atlantic Ocean on the east, Brazil has a Coastline of Brazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Contemporary Art, University Of São Paulo
The Museum of Contemporary Art, University of São Paulo (Portuguese, ''Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo'') is a contemporary art museum located in the main campus of the University of São Paulo, in São Paulo, Brazil, and in Ibirapuera Park, in the same city. It is one of the largest art museums in the country. History The museum was inaugurated in 1963, when the Brazilian industrialist and art collector Francisco Matarazzo Sobrinho, founder of the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, decided to extinguish this museum and donate all of its holdings, along with his and his wife's private collection, to the University of São Paulo. Collection The museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of 20th-century Western art in Latin America, with more than 8,000 works, comprising the most important artists, art movements, and tendencies of modern and contemporary art. Among many others, it keeps important artworks by Amedeo Modigliani, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pinacoteca Do Estado De São Paulo
The ''Pinacoteca do Estado de São Paulo'' (Portuguese for "pinacotheca (picture gallery) of the state of São Paulo") is one of the most important art museums in Brazil. History The museum is housed in a 1900 building in Jardim da Luz, Downtown São Paulo, designed by Ramos de Azevedo and Domiziano Rossi to be the headquarters of the Lyceum of Arts and Crafts. It is the oldest art museum in São Paulo, founded on December 24, 1905, and established as a state museum since 1911. After passing through a renovation conducted by Paulo Mendes da Rocha in the 1990s, the museum became one of the most dynamic cultural institutions of the country, lining up with the international circuit of exhibitions, hosting cultural events and keeping an active bibliographic production. Pinacoteca also maintains a branch in Bom Retiro district, called ''Estação Pinacoteca'', where it holds temporary exhibitions and the institution's documentation center. 2008 heist On June 12, 2008, three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (''Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói'' — MAC) is situated in the city of Niterói, Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is one of the city’s main landmarks. It was completed in 1996 in architecture, 1996. The MAC-Niterói was designed by Oscar Niemeyer with the assistance of structural engineer Bruno Contarini, who had worked with Niemeyer on earlier projects. The structure is 16 meters high; its cupola has a diameter of 50 meters with three floors. The museum has a collection of 1,217 works from the art collector João Sattamini. The collection was assembled since the 1950s by Sattamini, constituting the second largest collection of contemporary art in Brazil. The museum projects itself over ''Boa Viagem'' (“Bon Voyage,” “Good Journey”) beach and also a neighborhood, the reflecting pool that surrounds the cylindrical base “like a flower,” in the words of Niemeyer. A wide access slope leads to a Hall o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Museum Of Brazil
The National Museum of Brazil ( pt, Museu Nacional) is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil. It is located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, where it is installed in the Paço de São Cristóvão (Saint Christopher's Palace), which is inside the Quinta da Boa Vista. The main building was originally the residence of the Portuguese royal family between 1808 and 1821 and was later used to house the Brazilian imperial family between 1822 and 1889. After the monarchy was deposed, it hosted the Republican Constituent Assembly from 1889 to 1891 before being assigned to the use of the museum in 1892. The building was listed as Brazilian National Heritage in 1938 and was largely destroyed by a fire in 2018. Founded by King João VI of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves on 6 June 1818, under the name of "Royal Museum", the institution was initially housed at the Campo de Santana park, where it exhibited the collections incorporated from the former House of Natural History, popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Historical Museum (Brazil)
The National Historical Museum ( pt, Museu Histórico Nacional) of Brazil was created in 1922, and possesses over 287,000 items, including the largest numismatic collection of Latin America. The architectural complex that houses the museum was built in 1603 as the St. James of Mercy Fort; earlier structures date back to 1567, erected by order of King Sebastian I of Portugal. In 1693, the Calaboose Prison, for slaves, was built. In 1762, the Casa do Trem was added as a depot of weapons and ammunition. The last additions are the War Arsenal (1764) and the Barracks (1835). History Created in August 1922, by decree of President Epitácio Pessoa the National Historical Museum starts its activities in October, integrating the Centennial Exhibition, in two special rooms of the Casa do Trem (Ammunition Depot). During 75 years of continuous activities, the Museum assembled the largest collection under the auspices of the Ministry of Culture and has become an important center of cultur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museu Rodin Bahia
The Museu Rodin Bahia is a museum devoted to the works of Auguste Rodin, in Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. See also * List of single-artist museums References *Dear, John (August 12, 2007)How an International Bank Sank Millions in Brazil for Some Rodin Fakes '' Brazzil Magazine''. Art museums and galleries in Brazil Rodin Museums in Salvador, Bahia Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor, generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a uniqu ... Auguste Rodin {{Brazil-museum-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museu Paulista
The Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo, commonly known as Museu do Ipiranga, is a Brazilian Museum#Historic houses, history museum located near the place where Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, Pedro I Brazilian Declaration of Independence, proclaimed Brazil's independence on the banks of Ipiranga brook in the Southeast region of the city of São Paulo, then the "Caminho do Mar," or road to the seashore. It contains a huge collection of furniture, documents and historically relevant artwork, especially relating to the Empire of Brazil, Brazilian Empire era. The most famous artwork in the collection is the 1888 painting ''Independence or Death (painting), Independência ou Morte'' (Independence or Death) by Pedro Américo. A few months after the Brazilian Declaration of Independence, people started to suggest a monument on the site where the declaration took place, although they were not sure about what sort of memorial construction to build. In 1884, Italian architect Tommaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Vincente Pallotti
The Museum Vicente Pallotti is located on Avenida Presidente Vargas, 115 in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is located in the same complex ''Palotina College (FAPAS)''. Visits need to be scheduled in advance. Rooms The museum has many rooms, with great emphasis on the area of paleontology, with fossils of geopark of paleorrota. *Mineralogy *Zoology *Hides and other *Birds *Snakes, insects and fish *Paleontology *War material *Archeology History In 1935, in the District of Vale-Vêneto, José Pivetta and Valentim Zamberlan started taxidermy in the museum, which is already part of the same collection. In 1959, due to lack of space in Vale-Vêneto, the museum transferred to the College Máximo Palotino in Santa Maria. Moreover, in 1964, Daniel Cargnin, contributing to the museum in the college, collected various objects and fossils of geopark of paleorrota. On 7 January 1965, the museum received the first fossil, excavated in the Paleontological Site Sanga of Alemoa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museu Nacional De Belas Artes
The Museu Nacional de Belas Artes (MNBA; Portuguese for National Museum of Fine Arts) is a national art museum located in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The museum, officially established in 1937 by the initiative of education minister , was inaugurated in 1938 by President Getúlio Vargas. The museum collection, on the other hand, takes its rise in the transfer of the Portuguese Court to Brazil in the early 19th century, when King John VI brought along with him part of the Portuguese Royal Collection. This art collection stayed in Brazil after the King's return to Europe and became the core collection of the National School of Fine Arts. When the museum was created in 1937, it became the heir not only the National School collection, but also of its headquarters, a 1908 eclectic style building projected by Spanish architect Adolfo Morales de los Ríos. The Museu Nacional de Belas Artes is one of the most important cultural institutions of the country, as well as the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP
The Museum of Veterinary Anatomy (MAV), pt, Museu de Anatomia Veterinária Prof. Dr. Plínio Pinto e Silva, is a museum open to public at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science (FMVZ) at the University of São Paulo (USP), Brazil. It was named in honor of Professor Plinio Pinto e Silva, veterinarian and member of the São Paulo Veterinary Medicine Academy, a pioneer in obtaining the ''associate professor'' title at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of USP. The museum was opened to visitors in 1984 and has a permanent exhibition, studied and curated by teachers, professionals and students of the faculty. Before the museum was opened to visitors, the collection was used by college teachers in their classes. Between 2004 and 2008, the MAV was closed to visitors for the transfer of FMVZ headquarters to USP's college campus (known as ''Cidade Universitária''). Collection The museum has a collection of about 2,000 objects, including several mounted animals, skeleton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museum Of The Portuguese Language
The Museum of the Portuguese Language ( pt, Museu da Língua Portuguesa, , ) is an interactive Portuguese language—and Linguistics/Language Development in general—museum in São Paulo, Brazil. It is housed in the Estação da Luz railway station, in the urban district of the same name. Three hundred thousand passengers arrive and leave the station every day, and the choice of the building for the launching of the museum is connected to the fact that it was mainly here that thousands of non-Portuguese speaking immigrants arriving from Europe and Asia into São Paulo via the Port of Santos got acquainted with the language for the first time. The idea of a museum-monument to the language was conceived by the São Paulo Secretary of Culture in conjunction with the Roberto Marinho Foundation, at a cost of around 37 million reais. The objective of the museum is to create a living representation of the Portuguese language, where visitors may be surprised and educated by unusual and u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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