National Museum of Brazil

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history museum museum

The National Museum of Brazil was one of the country’s oldest and most important scientific and historical museums, renowned for its vast collections in natural history, anthropology, and archaeology, much of which was tragically lost in a major fire in 2018.

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National Museum of Brazil canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf history museum ⓘ
museum ⓘ
affiliation Federal University of Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
collectionSize over 20 million items (before 2018 fire) ⓘ
coordinateLocation -22.9056, -43.2261 ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
dateOfDestruction 2 September 2018 ⓘ
fieldOfWork anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
botany ⓘ
ethnology ⓘ
geology ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
paleontology ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
formerFunctionOfBuilding residence of the Brazilian imperial family ⓘ
foundedBy King João VI of Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart botanical garden (research area) ⓘ
library ⓘ
research laboratories ⓘ
heritageDesignation National heritage of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
housedIn Paço de São Cristóvão NERFINISHED ⓘ
inception 1818 ⓘ
locatedIn Quinta da Boa Vista NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ
location Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainBuildingCompletionDate early 19th century ⓘ
nativeName Museu Nacional NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableCollection Brazilian indigenous ethnographic collections ⓘ
Egyptian antiquities NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greco-Roman artifacts ⓘ
Luzia Woman fossil NERFINISHED ⓘ
meteorite Bendegó NERFINISHED ⓘ
paleontological fossils from the Araripe Basin ⓘ
operator Federal University of Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalName Museu Real NERFINISHED ⓘ
ownedBy Federal University of Rio de Janeiro NERFINISHED ⓘ
renamedAs Museu Nacional NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance one of Latin America’s most important museums ⓘ
one of the oldest scientific institutions in Brazil ⓘ
significantEvent 2018 fire ⓘ
partial reopening in 2022 ⓘ
survivingObjectAfterFire meteorite Bendegó NERFINISHED ⓘ
website https://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/ ⓘ

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North Zone of Rio de Janeiro (administrative regions) → contains → National Museum of Brazil ⓘ
subject surface form: North Zone of Rio de Janeiro
Paço de São Cristóvão → houses → National Museum of Brazil ⓘ
Quinta da Boa Vista → contains → National Museum of Brazil ⓘ