Abílio Barreto Historical Museum

Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil

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The Abílio Barreto Historical Museum is a museum located in Belo Horizonte.



Inaugurated on February 18, 1943 under the name Museu Histórico de Belo Horizonte, when it was mayor Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira, the Museu Histórico Abílio Barreto received this name in honor of the historian Abílio Barreto.



The museum's physical space is divided between two buildings and one interconnecting them. The first is the old mansion that was the headquarters of Fazenda do Leitão, still in the old Curral Del Rey, built by the curralense José Candido Lúcio da Silveira around 1883. Interconnecting the two buildings that comprise the museum, there is a garden with centenary trees and a tram that used to travel around Belo Horizonte.



The most recent part is comprised in a contemporary building designed (1994/98), by the architect Álvaro Hardy, or simply Veveco, together with Mariza Coelho. In this building are exposed photos of the changes suffered in the urban landscape of Belo Horizonte, of the monuments erected to people who stood out in the capital of Minas Gerais, contemporary portraits of the city including photos of the peripheral region.



Collection



This set of items constitutes a multiple and revealing text of the various directions and trajectories of the city and its citizens. They are textual, iconographic, two-dimensional and three-dimensional documents referring to the origins, formation and development of Belo Horizonte.



Objects



In addition to the 19th-century mansion itself, it is made up of numerous art galleries, sculptures, decorative objects, construction fragments from demolished public and private buildings, furniture, clothing, household and personal use items, lighting and transportation objects, equipment and instruments. job. Finally, a rich set that allows you to investigate and interpret the city's history. Formed by approximately 1,100 objects.



Photographic



Acetate and glass negatives, paper copies and digital material support photographic images, dating from 1894 to recent years. This collection records urban development and witnesses Belo Horizonte's events, customs and traditions. It encompasses around 20,000 items.



Textual and iconographic



Information on paper support: handwritten and printed texts, maps, plans and architectural projects. The Collection of the Construction Commission of Nova Capital, the Private Archives of Abílio Barreto and the Administrative Archives of the institution stand out. It gathers about 16,500 documents.

Bibliographic



Composed of books, periodicals, catalogs, videotapes, dissertations and newspaper clippings, with the history of Belo Horizonte as the main theme and other themes related to the history of Minas Gerais and Brazil, in addition to works related to the areas of knowledge in Museology , Archivology and Photography. It gathers approximately 4,000 copies.



Operational assets



In addition to collecting and preserving so-called traditional collections, MhAB is also dedicated to the preservation of so-called operational collections. In broad terms, operational collection can be defined as the museological treatment of landscapes, structures, monuments and equipment, which, although fully contextualized - that is, still fully functional - are made, by institutional decision, musealized objects and incorporated into the collection. Unlike traditional collections, this action is done through the collection and systematization of information.



Undoubtedly the biggest piece on display in the museum is the mansion, the only remnant of the old Arraial do Curral Del Rey. The museum area is equipped with a cafeteria, bathrooms, a store with objects that refer to the history of Belo Horizonte. It also has a large open area open to visitors.



The Abílio Barreto Historical Museum is listed by the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Institute, registered in the Historical book. Registration: 282 Date: March 29, 1951.



Schedule:



Monday Closed

Tuesday 10:00 - 17:00

Wednesday 10:00 - 21:00

Thursday 10:00 - 21:00

Friday 10:00 - 17:00

Saturday 10:00 - 17:00

sunday 10:00 - 17:00
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