Highlights

GEOSCIENCES

The ruins of rare stones

The geology and paleontology collection at the National Museum contained 70,000 pieces, such as meteorites, unique pterosaurs, and mineral specimens from the Portuguese royal family

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INTERVIEW

Niède Guidon: “I’m going to open the Museum of Nature and then I will rest”

After four decades in the Serra da Capivara, the archaeologist confirms that she will leave Piauí after the opening of the new exhibition space

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NATURAL HISTORY

A new window on the sertão

The foundation created by archaeologist Niède Guidon is set to inaugurate its Museum of Nature in December at Serra da Capivara National Park in Piauí

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Archaeology

Prehistory in pieces

The skull of Luzia and a 2,800-year-old Egyptian mummy were among the more than 100,000 items in the archaeology and biological anthropology collections

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SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY

Rebuilding heritage

Partnerships with indigenous peoples and community associations will be decisive to the restoration of ethnographic and linguistic collections

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GRADUATE STUDIES

Studies in jeopardy

Fire affects six of the institution’s graduate programs, of which two are world-class

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HISTORY

Memories indelible by fire

For 200 years, the National Museum contributed knowledge in the natural sciences and inspired the creation of several other science museums

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UNIVERSITY MUSEUMS

Centers for generating knowledge

University museums organize exhibitions, administer graduate programs, and do research

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MANAGEMENT

Strategies to keep museums healthy

Financial sustainability and flexible management are challenges facing museum managers

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ORGANIZATION

Dashed hopes

The National Museum was preparing for a revitalization project when it was obliterated by fire

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HERITAGE

The pain of loss

Six hours of fire destroyed 200 years of heritage at the largest natural-history museum in Latin America

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Nobel Prize 2018 | Economics

Innovation, climate, and sustainable development

American researchers were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for their contributions to integrating innovation and climate change policies into the analysis of long-term economic growth

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Nobel Prize 2018 | Peace

Combating sexual violence as a weapon of war

The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Iraqi activist Nadia Murad and Congolese gynecologist Denis Mukwege

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Nobel Prize 2018 | Chemistry

Directed protein evolution

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry was shared by three researchers who controlled genetic changes and selective processes in a laboratory

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Nobel Prize 2018 | Physics

More powerful lasers and optical tweezers

In physics, Nobel acknowledged the work of two researchers who created a way of producing more powerful laser sources, and a third scientist who expanded their use to investigate phenomena on the scale of cells and atomic particles

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