Ok. So the biggest museum in Latin America just caught fire and here I will rant on this.
First of let’s start with the obvious. A museum this big should have a way bigger protection. But guess what, till april of 2018 they only invested 54 thousand reais, what would translate to approximately 13 thousand dollars.
They never had money to invest because they didn’t really promoted it so people didn’t go because they didn’t know the existence of it. I swear, I lived all my life in Brazil and never once have I seen a commercial about it. Most people know that this museum exists (or existed) but don’t have the minimum idea of what is inside or its history.
And that gets me to my next point. The history. It was funded 200 years ago by Dom João. Was once the house of the royal family.
We didn’t lost just objects we lost a big part of our history.
Oh but I am not finished yet. The worst part is that the firefighters took one hour to get to the place and this is how far they were
So yeah. Thanks to the government giving no fucks to culture and study we lost the work of people who dedicated their entire lives to this.
Oh and just one more thing, this is the week of Brazil’s independence. So congratulations.
I have no words to describe the sadness of this moment. The oldest Museum of Brazil is now on flames, there were more than 20million itens from all around the world on its collection. Not only that, but the building itself is part of Brazil’s history as the home for the Imperial family for almost 100 years, and in 2018 was the celebration of its 200years.
Sad day for Brazil’s memory, culture and knowledge.
Flamingsalyut Safehaven 