Expressions of science

The following is a list of museums, academies, journals, magazines, military or medical schools, and expeditions that have promoted science and scientific communication in Brazil since the eighteenth century

  • 1724

    Academia Brasílica dos Esquecidos (Brazilian Academy of the Forgotten; until 1725)

  • 1759

    Academia Brasílica dos Renascidos (Brazilian Academy of the Reborn; disbanded later that year)

  • 1784

    Natural History Office of Brazil and the Americas (House of Birds)

  • 1785

    Amazon Expedition by Alexandre Rodrigues Ferreira (until 1792)

  • 1792

    Royal Academy of Artillery, Fortification, and Design (replaced in1810 by the Royal Military Academy, renamed the Imperial Military Academy in 1822 and then the Military Academy of the Court in 1832; claimed as the origin of UFRJ’s Polytechnic School and/or the Military Institute of Engineering)

  • 1796

    Grão-Pará Botanical Garden in Belém (until 1873)

  • 1808

    Bahia School of Surgery in Salvador; Anatomical, Surgical, and Medical School of Rio de Janeiro; Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden; Royal Press; Military Archive; Brazilian National Library

  • 1813

    The Patriot periodical (until 1814)

  • 1816

    Royal School of Sciences, Arts, and Crafts (incorporated into UFRJ in 1965 and renamed the School of Fine Arts)

  • 1818

    Royal Museum (renamed the National Imperial Museum in 1824 and then the National Museum in 1890)

  • 1827

    São Paulo Law School (later incorporated into USP) and Recife Law School (incorporated into UFPE)

  • 1829

    Society of Medicine of Rio de Janeiro (renamed the Imperial Academy of Medicine in 1835 and then the National Academy of Medicine in 1889)

  • 1833

    O Auxiliador da Indústria Nacional (until 1892); Revista Médica Fluminense (renamed Revista Médica Brasileira in 1841; until 1845)

  • 1838

    Public Archives of the Empire (IHGB; now the National Archives)

  • 1839

    Revista IHGB

  • 1851

    Vellosian Society (until 1855)

  • 1859

    Baiano Imperial Institute of Agriculture (incorporated into UFBA in 1967, renamed as the School of Agronomy) and Pernambucano Imperial Institute of Agriculture (until 1871). Expedition to Ceará and surrounding areas by the Scientific Exploration Commission (until 1861)

  • 1861

    Fluminense Imperial Institute of Agriculture (until 1891)

  • 1862

    Brazilian Polytechnic Institute (until mid-twentieth century). Gazeta Médica of Rio de Janeiro (until 1864)

  • 1866

    Gazeta Médica of Bahia (until 1915)

  • 1873

    Revista Médica do Rio de Janeiro (until 1879)

  • 1874

    Archivos de Medicina journal

  • 1875

    Geological Commission of the Empire for the North and Northeast (until 1878)

  • 1876

    Progresso Médico (until 1880)

  • 1881

    União Médica (until 1889)

  • 1882

    Gazeta Médica Brazileira

  • 1883

    Imperial School of Veterinary Medicine and Practical Agriculture (incorporated into UFPEL in 1969 and renamed the Eliseu Maciel School of Agronomy)

  • 1886

    São Paulo Geographic and Geological Commission (until 1931)

  • 1887

    Imperial Agronomic Station of Campinas (now the Agronomic Institute of Campinas). Brazil Médico (until 1964)

Images 1 & 3 National Library 2 Brown University Library 4 New York Public Library 5 Wikimedia Commons 6 National Archive 7 Federal University of Recôncavo da Bahia 8 Agronomic Institute of Campinas

Sources REZENDE, J. de O. As origens do ensino da agronomia no Império e suas repercussões no Brasil. UFRB. 2009; DANTES, M. A. M. Ciência e Cultura. 2005; EDLER, F. C. Acervo. 2009; Brasiliana / Fiocruz