reporters on the Taiwan Channel look at the world! Hello everyone, I am Tang Ye, a reporter from the Central Taiwan Taiwan in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
html September 7th is the 200th anniversary of the independence of Brazilian . To welcome the arrival of this day, the Brazilian National Museum , which was burned by a fire four years ago, announced earlier that the restoration of the facade of the main building, the San Cristovan Palace, was completed. Today, I will talk to you about the National Museum of Brazil.
The main building of the Brazilian National Museum - San Cristovan Palace
The main building of the Brazilian National Museum in Rio de Janeiro - San Cristovan Palace was once the official residence of the Portuguese and Brazilian royal family in Brazil. It is managed by the Federal University of Rio. In addition to being a scientific research institution, it is also the Natural History Museum . The collections in the museum show the history of the Portuguese arrival in Brazil in 1500 until the founding of the Republic of Brazil in 1889. Over the past 200 years since the museum was built, it has collected more than 20 million collections through collection, excavation, exchange and donation. It has always been one of the largest museums of natural history and anthropology in the Americas.
It was once one of the largest natural science libraries in Brazil, with a collection of more than 470,000 books. To some extent, the Brazilian National Museum is a condensed of Brazilian history.
The repaired exterior wall of the Palace of San Cristovan
In 2018, the Brazilian National Museum celebrated its 200th anniversary, but a fire on the evening of September 2 that year burned 90% of the 20 million collections in the museum. Another serious damage caused by the fire to the Brazilian National Museum is the royal palace itself, built in 1818. Due to its long history and mostly wooden structure, the Palace of St. Cristowan was almost completely destroyed by the fire. After the fire, archaeologists and cultural relics restoration experts started the reconstruction of the exterior walls and roofs of the San Cristovan Palace at the end of 2021 while repairing and protecting the damaged cultural relics.
Brazil National Museum Director Kelner (left), introduced the restoration of the exterior wall of the San Cristovan Palace
In the interview, the museum director Kelner introduced me that in order to restore the facade of the palace, in the past 10 months, about 150 professionals have rebuilt and reinforced walls, doors and windows, railings, etc. in reference to the appearance of the palace before the fire. The palace structure was mainly changed from wood to concrete. At present, the roof restoration of the Palace of St. Cristowan has been completed by about 70%.
In fact, the reconstruction and restoration work of the Brazilian National Museum has never been interrupted for four years since the fire in 2018. In view of the importance of the Brazilian National Museum in Brazil and even in human history, in early September every year, the museum holds a press conference attended by archaeological and cultural relics restoration experts, investors and representatives of UNESCO to introduce the media and the public to the restoration progress of museum cultural relics and buildings over the past year.
Restored collections at the Brazilian National Museum: Luke Garcia Amethyst
Restored collections at the Brazilian National Museum: Sea Lion Bone Fossil
After the fire in 2018, with the assistance of UNESCO and financial assistance from home and abroad, Brazilian archaeologists and cultural relics restoration experts devoted themselves to the restoration and reconstruction of the National Museum with unprecedented determination and enthusiasm. Over the past few years, they have searched and restored some of the collections in the ruins of the fire, including the museum's treasure - Lucia's skull and femoral fragments. This is the oldest human fossil found in the Americas to date, and is 11,300 years old. In addition, there are the heart beetles and eight amulets in the mummy sarcophagus of the ancient Egyptian musician Shah Amon Nsu, the heart beetle and eight amulets in the mummy of the mummy of the sarcophagus of Mount Vesuvius, the Pompeii mural that survived the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, Brazil's first plant fossil, the largest meteorite in Brazil, and a batch of vertebrate paleontological bone fossils.
On September 2, Brazilian citizens visited the ore exhibition held by the Brazilian National Museum in the restored exhibition hall
On September 2 this year, the news that the restoration of the facade of the San Cristovan Palace was completed has attracted great attention from the outside world. On the same day, the Brazilian National Museum held some activities such as ore exhibitions in the restored and partially restored exhibition hall.This is the first time visitors have been invited to the Palace of San Cristovan after the burning of the National Museum of Brazil.
Restored exhibits of the National Museum of Brazil reborn in the ashes
Time flows, and the glorious memories of Brazil's century-long vicissitudes can be restored in the restored museum. The museum expects that the National Museum of Brazil, which has been restored, will be fully opened to the public in 2026. By then, more than 10,000 cultural relics will be on display.
or above is the observation of Tang Ye, a reporter from the Taiwan Taiwan in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
This issue of "Central Taiwan reporters see the world" Author: Central Taiwan reporters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Tang Ye
(from China Voice column "Central Taiwan reporters see the world")
Producer 丨Zhang Chengxia
Reporter 丨Tang Ye
Editing 丨Du Yuting
Picture provided by Central Taiwan National Museum
