Quito’s colonial quarter, Ecuador’s living museum witness to a thousand stories
"Quito is a great open-air display of the history of art and universal architecture," says Fabian Amores, general director of...
July 29, 2021Topic
National Museum
Bogotá sacred music festival celebrates 10th anniversary with love as its theme
"We are fully confident that this year we will be able to hold the festival on-site with a very limited...
July 24, 2021
Workers in Rio Find 30,000 Artifacts Dating Back to Brazil’s Empire
While working to renovate Rio de Janeiro’s zoo, workers found historical artifacts dating back to Brazil’s imperial past at the...
April 7, 2019
Rain Threatens Recovery of Brazil’s National Museum in Rio
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - According to officials leading the recovery and reconstruction of the...
November 8, 2018
Brazil’s National Museum Displays Exhibition Two Weeks After Fire
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - On Sunday, September 16th, two weeks after a massive fire...
September 17, 2018
Rio Must Improve Security Systems at Six Museums or Face Closure
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – A judge in Rio has given six federally-run museums...
September 13, 2018
Brazil’s National Museum Staff Save Irreplaceable Items During Fire
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - One day after the devastating inferno that consumed the National...
September 4, 2018
Rio’s 200-Year-Old National Museum Destroyed in Massive Fire
By Nelson Belen, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In a sad and shocking scene late Sunday (September 2nd),...
September 3, 2018
Rio’s Museu Nacional Galleries Reopened
The Museu Nacional (National Museum) in Quinta da Boa Vista Park re-opened two of its galleries on September 30th after...
October 8, 2013