Afro Brasileiro Museum Picture 4

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The Museu Afro Brazil is a public institution, subordinated to the Ministry of Culture of São Paulo Association and administered by the Museu Afro Brazil - Social Organization of Culture.

The Museum maintains a collection of more than 5,000 works, including paintings, sculptures, prints, photographs, documents and ethnological of Brazilian and foreign authors, produced between the fifteenth century and today. The collection encompasses many facets of cultural universes and african African-Brazilians, covering topics such as religion, work, art, African Diaspora and slavery, and recording the historical trajectory and African influences in the construction of Brazilian society.

The Museu Afro Brazil is a historical museum, artistic and ethnological, focused on research, conservation and exhibition of objects related to the cultural universe of the Negro in Brazil. It is located in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo, "Padre Manoel da Nóbrega Pavilion" - a member of the architectural building of the park designed by Oscar Niemeyer in the 1950s. It offers several cultural and educational activities, exhibitions, a theater and has a specialized library.

Opened in 2004, the Museu Afro Brazil was born at the initiative of Emanoel Araujo, an artist from Bahia, a former curator of the Pinacoteca do Estado de Sao Paulo and current curator of the museum. In 2004, Araujo - who have frustratingly tried to enable the creation of an institution devoted to the study of African contributions to the national culture - the museum presented the proposal then mayor of São Paulo, Marta Suplicy. The idea championed by the municipal government, began the implementation project of the museum. We used proceeds from the sponsorship of Petrobras and the Ministry of Culture (Rouanet Law).

To form the initial collection, Emanoel Araujo yielded 1100 pieces from his private collection in lending arrangements. It was decided that the museum would be installed on Padre Manoel da Nóbrega Pavilion. On October 23, 2004, the Museu Afro Brazil was inaugurated in the presence of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and other officials.


The Padre Manoel da Nóbrega Pavilion

The Padre Manoel da Nóbrega Pavilion, originally called the Palace of Nations, is one of the members of the architectural buildings of the Ibirapuera Park, designed by Oscar Niemeyer for the official celebrations of the Fourth Centenary of the City of São Paulo. The project, commissioned by the architect Ciccillo Matarazzo, intended to transform the new city park in a radiating center of art and culture. The building, owned by the city, was assigned to the State Government since 1992 and housed for a time an extension of the Pinacoteca do Estado. In 2004, he returned to the municipal administration and passed by the museum to receive adjustments. The building has 11 thousand square meters of constructed area, divided into three floors. Besides the exhibition spaces, teaching areas of expertise, technical reserve and administrative offices, houses the Library Carolina Maria de Jesus de Souza and Ruth Theatre.

Location and Hours

Days and Hours of Visitation:
Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm

Free admission.

Address:
Avenida Pedro Alvares Cabral, s / n º
Father Manoel da Nóbrega Pavilion
Ibirapuera Park - Gate 10
04094-050 - Sao Paulo - SP

(055) (11) 3320-8900

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