Next to Cais do Valongo, in Gamboa, central region of Rio de Janeiro, the Museum of Afro-Brazilian History and Culture (Muhcab) was inaugurated this Tuesday (23). The space is one of the 15 memory points that make up Little Africa, in the port region, and is located in the José Bonifácio Cultural Center.
The museum was created in 2017, through a decree, but had never been open to the public. At the time, the Muhcab was designed to be an arm of the center that will still be created to catalog the archaeological collection found in that region.
It was defined as a hybrid museum: territory museum, open air museum, social responsibility museum and historical museum. It is located in Pequena África, a region with a fundamental role in the rescue, preservation and revitalization of Afro-Brazilian memory and whose ground zero is the Valongo Wharf.
In the space, the public will be able to see some of the works in the collection, which brings together approximately 2,500 items, including paintings, sculptures and photographs, as well as works by contemporary plastic artists. As a territory museum, buildings and urban elements are also cataloged as collections.
The current management of the Municipal Department of Culture carried out the cleaning and restoration of the gutters to prevent leaks. The pieces underwent cleaning, some also underwent minor restorations or gained a new frame.
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, who attended the inauguration, said that a major investment was made so that the building works as a kind of lighthouse that, together with the Instituto dos Pretos Novos and the Cais do Valongo, can draw attention to the culture of black people in the formation of the history of the state capital. “And so, in the not-too-distant future, we can build a fairer and more equal society”, added the mayor.
According to the director of the Museum, Leandro Santanna, in addition to visitation, the public will be able to do theater and percussion workshops. “Our reopening exhibition, Protagonism, Memories, Pride and Identity, reveals fragments of the power of a people who built this Brazil, fighting against biased gazes”, he highlighted.
In May of this year, the Muhcab won your site, the result of an international cooperation between the city of Rio de Janeiro and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco), through the Municipal Department of Culture, in partnership with the Black Territories project.
Founded in 1877 by Emperor Pedro II as the first public school in Latin America, the José Bonifácio Cultural Center is part of the Historical and Archaeological Circuit for the Celebration of African Heritage. The palace was restored in 2013.
The Museum of Afro-Brazilian History and Culture is located at Rua Pedro Ernesto, 80, Gamboa, and is open from Thursday to Saturday, from 10 am to 4 pm, with free entry.
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