Established | 25 June 1993 [1] |
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Location | São Paulo, Brazil |
Coordinates | 23°32′57″S 46°36′47″W / 23.5492°S 46.6131°W |
Visitors | 94,781 (2014) [2] |
Website |
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The Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo ( Brazilian Portuguese: Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo) is a museum of immigration in the Mooca neighbourhood in east São Paulo, Brazil. [3] It is located in the Immigrant Inn building, which opened in 1887. [4]
The "Historical Center of Immigrants" was created in 1986. [4] The Immigration Museum ( Brazilian Portuguese: Museu da Imigração) was formally created on 25 June 1993 by an official decree by Luís Antônio Fleury Filho, [1] managing the collection of the Historical Center. The first "Immigrant Fest" took place in 1996. [4] The "Memorial of the Immigrant" was created in 1998, which was renamed the Immigration Museum in 2010. [4] Renovations of the building started in 2010, [4] which lasted 3.5 years and cost R$20 million. It reopened on 31 May 2014 as the Immigration Museum of the State of São Paulo. [4] [5]
Its exhibition areas include a wooden wall engraved with over 14,000 surnames, [3] a long-term exhibition called Migrate: Experiences, Memories and Identities ( Brazilian Portuguese: Migrar: Experiências, Memórias e Identidades), a reproduction of a dormitory and a dining room, and over 200 items such as furniture and suitcases, [5] as well as temporary exhibitions. It also has a digital collection. [3] The museum has over 12,000 items donated by immigrants, migrants and their descendants. [5]
The museum is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesdays through Saturdays, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sundays. Entrance is R$10, with free entrance on Saturday, and free late nights every other Friday (open until 8 p.m.). The museum also has a library ( Brazilian Portuguese: Centro de Preservação Pesquisa e Referência), which is open Tuesday-Friday, 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. [6]