Mineralogia Professor Djalma Guimaraes Museum

Originally conceived as Tourist Support Center, the building known as "Rainha da Sucata" nowadays houses the Minas Gerais' mineralogical permanent exposition. The project was developed to respect the scale and the typology of the buildings at Liberty Square, where it is situated. After approved by Historic Patrimony State Institution, the City Hall considered it as a special piece due to its urban and volumetric purposes that respect the surrounding buildings. The goal of the building is ludic and instructive. Its architecture is an open book from where people can get information about our culture and local materials. The Mineralogy Museum Prof. Djalma Guimarães, is a Brazilian museum that deals with the mineralogy and mining worldwide. It is located in Liberty Square in Belo Horizonte, and is housed in one building with more features post-modern city. Nicknamed "Queen of Junk", the building was designed by architects Sylvio de Podesta and Aeolus Maia. At first glance defies all of the buildings that are at the cultural complex at Liberdade Square. Combining different materials typically miners such as ceramic, cement and steel, construction strikes the beholder as being very bubbly and combine geometric shapes that apparently do not communicate among themselves. The museum was created by Mayor Oswaldo Pieruccetti in 1974 and implemented in collaboration with the administration of the State of Minas Gerais, which sold the assets of the old Permanent Sample Fair. Until 1992 the MMPDG worked at Rua da Bahia, corner Avenida Augusto de Lima, where he works today the Center for Culture Belo Horizonte. In June 2000, was reopened through the joint efforts of the city of Belo Horizonte, through the Municipal Department of Culture, the State Department of Mines and Energy and the COMIG as part of the memorial to mining. The collection includes about one thousand samples exposed to a whole set of three thousand, of which 70-80% of it coming from Minas Gerais, about 10 to 15% from other states, and the remainder from other countries.

Avenida Bias Fortes, 50
Funcionarios Belo Horizonte, State of Minas Gerais
Brazil

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