National Museum (Rio de Janeiro)
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Quinta da Boa Vista
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Former Imperial Palace. The Palace that has been home to the National Museum since 1892 was donated to the Prince-Regent John VI by
Portuguese merchant Elias Antonio Lopes in 1818. After the collapse of the Brazilian Empire, it was used as a barracks, then a school, and finally became the seat of the Assembly that drew up the first Constitution of the Brazilian Republic. Its attractions include fossil skeletons of pre-historic animals and Etruscan ceramics, as well as Egyptian mummies and sarcophagi, together with indigenous weapons and objects, stuffed animals and minerals from all over the world. Part of this collection belonged to Emperor Pedro II, who was a botanist, and his wife the Empress Teresa Cristina, an archeologist. This Museum also has a nursery garden covering 40,000 m2 and a library specializing in the natural and anthropological sciences with 442,000 volumes.
Unfortunately, the museum caught fire on September 2, 2018, ravaging the interior of the palace and destroying a large portion of the museum's substantial collection.
Venue: Quinta da Boa Vista, s/nº - São Cristóvão
Phone: (21) 2568-8262 / (21) 2254-4320
E-mail: museu@mn.ufrj.br
Website: www.ufrj.br/museu
Time: Tues-Sun, 10am-4pm
www.express.co.uk/news/world/1012126/Brazil-museum-fire...
Portuguese merchant Elias Antonio Lopes in 1818. After the collapse of the Brazilian Empire, it was used as a barracks, then a school, and finally became the seat of the Assembly that drew up the first Constitution of the Brazilian Republic. Its attractions include fossil skeletons of pre-historic animals and Etruscan ceramics, as well as Egyptian mummies and sarcophagi, together with indigenous weapons and objects, stuffed animals and minerals from all over the world. Part of this collection belonged to Emperor Pedro II, who was a botanist, and his wife the Empress Teresa Cristina, an archeologist. This Museum also has a nursery garden covering 40,000 m2 and a library specializing in the natural and anthropological sciences with 442,000 volumes.
Unfortunately, the museum caught fire on September 2, 2018, ravaging the interior of the palace and destroying a large portion of the museum's substantial collection.
Venue: Quinta da Boa Vista, s/nº - São Cristóvão
Phone: (21) 2568-8262 / (21) 2254-4320
E-mail: museu@mn.ufrj.br
Website: www.ufrj.br/museu
Time: Tues-Sun, 10am-4pm
www.express.co.uk/news/world/1012126/Brazil-museum-fire...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paço_de_São_Cristóvão
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 22°54'20"S 43°13'35"W
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- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 35 km
- Imperial Museum of Brazil 45 km
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- Quinta da Boa Vista 0.2 km
- Rio de Janeiro Zoo 0.3 km
- ETE Adolpho Bloch 0.4 km
- Colégio Pedro II - Unidade Escolar São Cristóvão 0.8 km
- São Cristóvão 1 km
- Luiz Gonzaga Northeast Traditions Centre 1.1 km
- Vasco da Gama 1.5 km
- Benfica 1.9 km
- Caju 2.6 km
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