so, apparently the government has cut off the money from the museum (which has been asking for online donations to try to keep itself) and it’s likely that the cause was a short circuit in the electrical system. It is estimated that the collection has about 20 million items, ALL OF IT being destroyed by fire. é tão absurdo que eu não to nem acreditando
Amongst the 20 million items:
the first collection of Egyptian mummies of Latin America
the largest meteorite ever found in Brazil
the first large-sized dinosaur to be found in Brazil (
Maxakalisaurus topai)
the oldest human fossil ever found in the country
the collection of Greco-Roman art and artifacts of Empress Teresa Cristina
This is the destruction of our history.
Almost poetic, if you look at our current political situation, in which many Brazilians are supporting a man who says that the Military regime we had in the 60′s “didn’t kill enough people”.
A Middleground 