Afro Brasil Museum

Local nameMuseu Afro-Brasil
LocationMoema, São Paulo, Brasil

Museu Afro Brasil is a history, artistic and ethnographic museum dedicated to the research, preservation, and exhibition of objects and works related to the cultural sphere of black people in Brazil. It is a public institution held by the Secretariat for Culture of the São Paulo State and managed by the Museu Afro Brasil Association. The museum is located in Ibirapuera Park, a major urban park in São Paulo. The Manoel da Nóbrega Pavilion, designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1959, houses the Museum.

It holds around 6 thousands items and pieces including paintings, sculptures, photos, documents, and archives created between the 15th Century and the present day. The aggregation of pieces includes many works of the African and Afro-Brazilian cultural spheres, ranging from subjects and topics such as religion, labor, and art to the African Diaspora and slavery, whilst registering and affirming the historical trajectory and the African influences in the construction of the Brazilian society.

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More information and contact

Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Museu_Afro_Brasil

Official Website http://www.museuafrobrasil.org.br/

Phone +55 11 3320-8900

Address Av. Pedro Alvares Cabral, Parque Ibirapuera, Gate 10 Sao Paulo - SP, 04094-050, Brazil

Coordinates -23°35'2.021" N -46°39'33.096" E

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