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The National Museum of Brazil was heavily damaged by a large fire which began about 19:30 local time (23:30 UTC) on 2 September 2018. [5] [6] [7] Although some items were saved, it is believed that 92.5% of its archive of 20 million items was destroyed in the fire as around 1.5 million items were stored in a separate building and were not damaged.
The skull, though damaged, was protected by a cabinet that fell over the glass box it was encased in, the museum's deputy director Cristiana Serejo said. Luzia was the star of a collection of 20 ...
One of Latin America's most important museums was gutted by the Sunday night blaze
The National Museum held the oldest known examples of indigenous mummies found in the Brazilian territory. The collection consisted of the body of an adult woman of approximately 25 years of age, and two children, one located at her feet, with an estimated age of twelve months, involved in a bundle, and a new-born, also covered by a mantle ...
It is the largest iron meteorite ever found on Brazilian soil, weighing 5,360 kilograms (11,820 lb), measuring over 2 m (6.6 ft) in length. [1] It has been on display at the National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro, since 1888. [2] [3] It survived the fire that destroyed the museum in 2018, sustaining no major damage. [4] [5]
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Exhibition of a Tyrannosaurus rex skull in the museum. The National Museum of Brazil collections included an exhibition of fossils. [1] The current status of the collection is unknown after the fire that destroyed the museum in September 2018.
Police asked for help from residents near the museum that might have footage from a doorbell camera or dashcam between 3:00 and 4:30 a.m., and asked for people who might have seen anything unusual ...