Researchers from around the world may join a graduate program with major Portuguese universities and send material to the museum—a considerable part of which was destroyed by a fire in 2018.
The Rare Works Catalog of the National Museum can be downloaded for free at https://pantheon.ufrj.br since its release on April 13, in addition to the printed version.
Among the more than 100 items that were gathered by the national museum in Rio de Janeiro and its partners are letters from authorities, newspapers, documents and small pieces of tiles from the Paço de São Cristóvão.
Parts of an old chapel, traces of floors and sidewalks, an old stove, and glass jars are among the artifacts unearthed at the palace housing the museum in northern Rio.
Exhibition brings together 160 pieces from Paleoantar, a project of the National Museum linked to the Brazilian Antarctic Program, financed by CNPq.