Museums in Brazil

Museums are more than places where objects are exhibited and conserved. Along with the dramatic rise in cultural tourism in recent decades, the number of museums worldwide has significantly increased.
Last update:28 February 2024

Valuing Museums and Collections

Museums can play a leading role in bolstering the creative economy locally and regionally. Museums are also increasingly present in the social sphere, acting as platforms for debate and discussion, tackling complex societal issues and encouraging public participation.
 

Congonhas Museum (Brazil)

Action in Brazil

91鶹Ʒ made a substantial technical contribution to restoring the National Museum in Rio de Janeiro, which was hit by a fire in 2018. It is one of Latin America's renowned natural and anthropological sciences institutions. 

Museum restoration
National Museum Paço facade garden restored (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Museum at Cais do Valongo

91鶹Ʒ contributed to the design and development of the African-Brazilian History and Culture Museum at Cais do Valongo, an emblematic World Cultural Heritage site of African culture in Brazil.

UNESCO Brasilia has developed a project in partnership with the Indigenous Museum () to safeguard the linguistic and cultural heritage of Indigenous Peoples contacted recently or still isolated. The project has trained young Indigenous people to register their material culture and traditions, and knowledge of their communities. 

Museu do Índio (Brazil)

Due to emerging challenges faced by today’s society, UNESCO in Brazil offers

  • Support to local communities and disadvantaged groups on using museums’ potential to foster social cohesion
  • Capacity building for museum specialists in the conservation of collections
  • Training for inventorying and documentation of collections
  • Cooperation in the fight against the illicit trafficking of cultural objects

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Recomendação referente à Proteção e Promoção dos Museus e Coleções, sua Diversidade e seu Papel na Sociedade, aprovada em 17 de novembro de 2015 pela Conferência Geral da UNESCO em sua 38a sessão
UNESCO Office Brasilia/Instituto Brasileiro de Museus
2017
0000247152
IlhaMuseu no litoral norte de São Paulo: caderno 1/2023
UNESCO Office in Brasilia
2023
0000387581
Museu de Congonhas: relato de uma experiência
Machado, Jurema
Brazil. Ministry of Culture
UNESCO Office in Brasilia
2017
0000250443