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Natural History Museum Attractions In Brazil

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Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At 8.5 million square kilometers and with over 208 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area and the sixth most populous. The capital is Brasília, and the most populated city is São Paulo. The federation is composed of the union of the 26 states, the Federal District, and the 5,570 municipalities. It is the largest country to have Portuguese as an official language and the only one in the Americas; it is also one of the most multicultural and ethnically diverse nations, due to over a century of mass immigra...
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Natural History Museum Attractions In Brazil

  • 4. Museu de Zoologia da Universidade de São Paulo Sao Paulo
    The Museum of Zoology of the University of São Paulo is a public natural history museum located in the historic Ipiranga district of São Paulo, Brazil. The MZUSP is an educational and research institution that is part of the University of São Paulo. The museum began at the end of the 19th century as part of the Museu Paulista; in 1941, it moved into a dedicated building. In 1969 the museum became a part of the University of São Paulo, receiving its current name. The MZUSP has one of the largest natural-history collections in Latin America, with over 8.5 million preserved specimens of vertebrates and invertebrates . Each collection is curated independently, and organized according to specific needs. Other facilities in the museum include a library specializing in zoology and laboratorie...
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  • 5. Jardim Botanico de Sao Paulo Sao Paulo
    The Botanical Garden of São Paulo is a botanical garden in São Paulo, Brazil. The park spans a 164.45 hectare area in the Fontes do Ipiranga State Park, at the district of Água Funda, in São Paulo's South zone, next to São Paulo Zoo. It houses the state's Botanical Institute . It was founded, in its current location, in 1928, by the botanist Frederico Carlos Hoehne.
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  • 9. Amazon Natural History Museum Manaus
    The Amazon River in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and by some definitions it is the longest.The headwaters of the Apurímac River on Nevado Mismi had been considered for nearly a century as the Amazon’s most distant source, until a 2014 study found it to be the Cordillera Rumi Cruz at the headwaters of the Mantaro River in Peru. The Mantaro and Apurímac join, and with other tributaries form the Ucayali River, which in turn meets the Marañón River upstream of Iquitos, Peru, to form what countries other than Brazil consider to be the main stem of the Amazon. Brazilians call this section the Solimões River above its confluence with the Rio Negro to form what Brazilians call the Amazon at the Meeting of Waters at Manaus, the river's largest...
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  • 10. National Museum Rio De Janeiro
    The National Museum prior to its destruction in 2018, burning to the ground, was the oldest museum and is the oldest scientific institution of Brazil, once holding one of the largest museums' collection of natural history and anthropology in the world. The museum was installed in the Paço de São Cristóvão , inside the Quinta da Boa Vista, in the city of Rio de Janeiro, which was previously the residence of the Portuguese Royal Family between 1808 and 1821, housed the Brazilian Imperial Family between 1822 and 1889, and also hosted the Republican Constituent Assembly from 1889 to 1891, before being assigned to the use of the museum in 1892. The building has been listed as Brazilian National Heritage since 1938.Founded by King João VI of Portugal, Brazil and the Algarves on 6 June 1818,...
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  • 11. Natural History Museum Curitiba
    This is a list of natural history museums, also known as museums of natural history, i.e. museums whose exhibits focus on the subject of natural history, including such topics as animals, plants, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, and climatology. Some museums feature natural-history collections in addition to other collections, such as ones related to history, art and science. In addition, nature centers often include natural-history exhibits.
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