The Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo (Brazilian Portuguese: Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo) is a museum of immigration in the Mooca neighbourhood in east São Paulo, Brazil.[3] It is located in the Immigrant Inn building, which opened in 1887.[4]
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 The Immigration Museum in 2017 | |
| Established | 25 June 1993  [1] |
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| Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 23°32′57″S 46°36′47″W / 23.5492°S 46.6131°W |
| Visitors | 94,781 (2014)[2] |
| Website | www |
  Location of Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo | |
The "Historical Center of Immigrants" was created in 1986.[4] The Immigration Museum (Brazilian Portuguese: Museu da Imigração) was formally created on 25 June 1993 by an official decree by Luís Antônio Fleury Filho,[1] managing the collection of the Historical Center. The first "Immigrant Fest" took place in 1996.[4] The "Memorial of the Immigrant" was created in 1998, which was renamed the Immigration Museum in 2010.[4] Renovations of the building started in 2010,[4] which lasted 3.5 years and cost R$20 million. It reopened on 31 May 2014 as the Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo.[4][5]
Its exhibition areas include a wooden wall engraved with over 14,000 surnames,[3] a long-term exhibition called Migrate: Experiences, Memories and Identities (Brazilian Portuguese: Migrar: Experiências, Memórias e Identidades), a reproduction of a dormitory and a dining room, and over 200 items such as furniture and suitcases,[5] as well as temporary exhibitions. It also has a digital collection.[3] The museum has over 12,000 items donated by immigrants, migrants and their descendants.[5]
The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Entrance is R$10, with free entrance on Saturday, and free late nights every other Friday (open until 8 p.m.). The museum also has a library (Brazilian Portuguese: Centro de Preservação Pesquisa e Referência), which is open Tuesday-Friday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.[6]
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edit- ^ a b "Decreto N. 36.987, de 25 de Junho de 1993" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ "Museus de SP batem recorde em 2014" (in Portuguese). 4 April 2015.
- ^ a b c "Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo". www.cidadedesaopaulo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 26 April 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f "History of the Museum". www.museudaimigracao.org.br. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
- ^ a b c "Após reforma, Museu da Imigração reabre em SP neste sábado". Agência Brasil – Últimas notícias do Brasil e do mundo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 31 May 2014.
- ^ "Information". www.museudaimigracao.org.br. Retrieved 13 October 2017.