Thread: Museums

The Main Museums in Brasilia are:

The Museu National de Gemas (Gems National Museum), the Museu de Arte de Brasilia (Brasilia Museum of Art), the Museu de Valores (Museum of Values), the Museu Postale Telegrafico da ECT (Postal and Telegraphic Museum), and finally the Museu da Imprensa (Imprensa National Museum), which is filled with old rare documents and has some intriguing old printing machines.

Yes, but one of the most important Museums in Brazil is "Museu do Ipiranga" located in São Paulo, where Dom Pedro I, the emperor, proclaimed the independence of Brazil from Portugal, in November 15, 1889.

Yes, you are right mprado. I don't know how I left out Museu do Ipiranga. One of the most famous works of art in the collection is the 1888 painting Independência ou Morte (Independence or Death) by Pedro Américo.

Museum of Ipiranga or The Paulista Museum has in its collection more than 125.000 articles, including objects (sculptures, paintings, jewelry, coins, medals, furniture, utensils and documents of explorers and Indians), iconography and archival documentation from the sixteenth century until the mid-century XX, which serve for the understanding of Brazilian society, with particular concentration in the history of Sao Paulo.

Museu Paulista, a.k.a Museu do Ipiranga, which is located in São Paulo, was built between the years 1885 and 1890 as a monument to the proclamation of Brazil's independence from Portugal on September 7, 1822 by prince regent Pedro, who became Dom Pedro I, the first emperor of the new nation.