Museu Nacional Vive

All is not lost! Soon after the fire, the National Museum’s Scientific Collections Rescue Center was created and, thanks to the intense work of a multidisciplinary team, thousands of objects of great historical and scientific importance were rescued.

Download the publication 500 Days of Rescue – Memory, Courage and Image and learn more about the work carried out until April 2021.

BENDEGÓ WITHSTANDS!

The public remembers well that imposing meteorite, which impressed everyone, right at the Palace’s entrance. Weighing 5.6 tons, Bendegó withstood the fire and will still be much observed by researchers and visitors.Information as legend: Bendegó was found in 1784, in Bahia’s inland. In 1887, Dom Pedro II made efforts to bring it to Rio de Janeiro, with support from the Brazilian Geography Society. After nearly a year traveling, the meteorite arrived at the National Museum.

LUZIA

One of the items most loved by the public is Luzia, the oldest woman in the Americas ever found. Her skeleton pieces were discovered in 1975, in the city of Pedro Leopoldo (MG). In the week following the fire at the Museum, parts of Luzia’s skull and femur were rescued.

More highlights

• The Egyptian Collection is once again the largest in Latin America
• Almost the entire Meteorite collection has been preserved
• Several pieces of Brazilian Archeology were rescued
• 80% of the Paleovertebrates (prehistoric fossils) collection has been rescued
• 07 collections of the Museum were in the buildings of the Botanical Garden and were not affected
• 13 collections had items rescued
• 2,500 tons of rubble were removed from the Palace, a volume equivalent to two statues of Christ the Redeemer