National Museum of Rio | Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro The Museu Nacional (National Museum) is the oldest scientific institution in Brazil dedicated to the research and production of knowledge in memory and is linked to the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ). Its history dates back to the founding of the Royal Museum by D. João VI, in 1818, whose main objective was to spread the knowledge and study of the natural sciences in Brazilian lands. Today, it is recognized as a center of research excellence in natural history and anthropology in Latin America. Holds a collection consisting of more than 20 million items spread over collections that serve as a basis for the research developed by the departments of Anthropology, Botany, Entomology, Geology and Paleontology, Vertebrates and Invertebrates. After a long period of historical erasure, sponsored by the Republic, the memory of the Brazilian monarchy comes back to the scene redefining space, time, objects and memories.

The collections, scientific research and teaching

Much of the collections of the National Museum were gathered during the Regency and Empire, including those from the Museum of the Emperor, located in one of the rooms of the Palace of Boa Vista. D. Pedro II, like the Empress Leopoldina, his mother, had great interest in the collecting and study of natural sciences. Through permanent and temporary exhibitions, about three thousand objects take to the public the result of the knowledge produced by research departments and the work of conservation and restoration. An Institution devoted to education, the National Museum offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses stricto and lato sensu, to which are linked projects, research groups and university extension.



[/youtube]