2018 - 2019
Collections Rescue
Not everything was lost! Right after the fire, the Museu Nacional/UFRJ’s Scientific Collections Rescue Nucleum was created, and thanks to an intense hard of a multidisciplinary team, thousands of objects of great historical and scientific importance began to be rescued.
Watch the documentary Resgates, produced by the UFRJ Communication Coordination.
Emergency Works
Because of the support from UNESCO and the Education Ministry, the work to remove the debris, shore up the building, and install the temporary roof begin. Containers to support the collection rescue is installed.
Exhibitions
In January 2019, the first Museu Nacional/UFRJ exhibition after the fire was inaugurated. “Quando Nem Tudo era Gelo – Novas Descobertas no Continente Antártico”, was held at the Centro Cultural Museu Casa da Moeda do Brasil.
On February 27, the exhibition “National Museum lives – Archeology of rescue” was launched, presenting for the first time to the public some pieces recovered from the fire. The exhibition occupied the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (Rio de Janeiro) until April 29 of that year.
From September 17th to October 16th, 2019, the Chamber of Deputies promoted the exhibition “The National Museum Lives! Memories and perspectives”. The exhibition highlighted the history of the institution, since its creation in 1818, and the importance of the Museum for the science and the history of Brazil.
The Arquivo Nacional in Rio de Janeiro hosted in October 2019, the exhibition “Os Primeiros Brasileiros”, including photos, songs, movies, and indigenous artifacts. Part of the objects were some of the ones from the Museu Nacional/UFRJ’s collection which were not in the fire.
More exhibitions
In November 2019, the Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (RJ) hosted the exhibition“Ressurgindo das Cinzas,” with rocky and metallic meteorites from the Museu Nacional/UFRJ’s collection.
In November 2019, the exhibit Santo Antônio de Sá: Primeira Vila do Recôncavo da Guanabara was hosted at Caixa Cultural (RJ), exhibiting archeological objects found during the oil complex construction in the Rio de Janeiro State, in Itaboraí.