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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.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil's national museum said Tuesday it has recovered 200 pieces from its Egypt collection after a devastating fire last September. The collection had 700 pieces and was ...
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 ...
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Most of the collections of the National Museum of Brazil were destroyed in a 2018 fire. June 15 – The Glasgow School of Art main building, nearing the end of restoration after the fire in 2014, was badly damaged in another fire that destroyed the interior of the adjoining O2 ABC music venue. [223] [224] August 25 – 2018 Harbin hotel fire.
In June 2018, when the National Museum completed 200 years, the BNDES signed a R$21.7 million contract to pay for the update of the building, but before the first transfer of R$3 million, it caught fire.
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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.