Museu Nacional Vive

Stimulated by the Museu Nacional Vive Project, the virtual exhibition “Os Primeiros Brasileiros” [The First Brazilians] “, is running with the National Museum’ indigenous collection that was not hit by fire. The exhibition was conceived by anthropologist João Pacheco de Oliveira (MN/UFRJ), in close partnership with the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples and Organizations of the Northeast region and states of Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo (APOINME).

Revisit with us Brazil’s history and browse the cultural diversity of the indigenous peoples of the Northeast!

PHYSICAL EXHIBITIONS (2019)

In partnership with other Brazilian research and cultural institutions, the National Museum/UFRJ continues to exhibit its collections. Four physical exhibitions hosted by cultural centers in Rio de Janeiro helped to spread knowledge and strengthen the Museum’s relationship with its audience.

ANTARCTICA

Just four months after the fire, the exhibition “Quando Nem Tudo era Gelo – Novas Descobertas no Continente Antártico” [When Not Everything Was Ice – New Discoveries on the Antarctic Continent] opened at the Casa da Moeda Cultural Center (RJ). Plant fossils, shells, shark teeth, crustaceans and even some pieces rescued from the fire were exhibited.

ARQUEOLOGY

The exhibition “Santo Antônio de Sá: Primeira Vila do Recôncavo da Guanabara” [Santo Antônio de Sá: First Village of Recôncavo da Guanabara] opened at CAIXA Cultural (RJ) in November 2019, exhibiting archeological pieces found during the construction of the Petrochemical Complex of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in Itaboraí.

METEORITES

Rocky and metallic meteorites, a meteoritic iron dagger and a totem that tells the story of the famous Bendegó make up the exhibition “Resurgindo das Cinzas” [Rising from Ashes]. The result of a partnership with the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (RJ), the exhibition opened to the public in November 2019.

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Photographs, music, artifacts and films that record the diversity and narratives of indigenous peoples compound the exhibition “Os Primeiros Brasileiros” [The First Brazilians], which occupied the rooms of the National Archives (RJ). The exhibition has been in circulation for over ten years, always awakening new emotions and perspectives on the country’s indigenous people.