Oxytropidoceras Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Inferno at Brazil's National Museum causes 'irreparable' damage and grief By Claudia Dominguez, Flora Charner and Holly Yan, CNN, September 3, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/02/americas/brazil-national-museum-fire-intl/index.html Brazil National Museum fire: Key treasures at risk, BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45395774 Brazil museum fire: Funding cuts blamed as icon is gutted, BBC News https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45398084 Among the 20 million items presumed lost are a Maxakalisaurus skeleton, Bendegó meteorite, 11,500 year-old Luzia remains, Pompeii fresco, and countless Pre-Columbian artifacts. Luzia Woman - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzia_Woman Yours, Paul H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted September 3, 2018 Share Posted September 3, 2018 Very sad! Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted September 4, 2018 Share Posted September 4, 2018 Just read about this. Devastating loss! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oxytropidoceras Posted September 7, 2018 Author Share Posted September 7, 2018 Some updates as to what has been lost. Fire Devastates Brazil's Oldest Science Museum The overnight inferno likely claimed fossils, cultural artifacts, and more irreplaceable collections amassed over 200 years. National Geographic, September 6, 2018. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2018/09/news-museu-nacional-fire-rio-de-janeiro-natural-history/ and Anthropologist Mourns Loss Of His Work And History From Museum Fire In Brazil, All Things Considered September 4, 2018 https://www.npr.org/2018/09/04/644618102/anthropologist-mourns-loss-of-his-work-and-history-from-museum-fire-in-brazil Then there is this action. Students Are Collecting Photos to Remember Brazil’s Destroyed National Museum. After a fire tore through the institution, visitors’ images have become an informal archive of its collections. by Sarah Laskow, atlas Obscura, September 04, 2018 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/students-collecting-photos-of-museu-nacional Yours, Paul H. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 An excerpt from the museum's website. 9/10/18 "In addition, we are pleased to know that the annex building and the Botanical Garden were not reached (by the fire), guaranteeing the preservation of the invertebrate collection, conservation and restoration laboratory, herbarium collection, central library and most of the collection of vertebrates." 1 Everything is generated through your own will power ~ Ray Bradbury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Recent update: 80% of the skull of "Luzia," the oldest recovered human remains in Latin America, has been retrieved from the museum debris. Its storage in a metal box protected much of it from fire damage. Story here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-45926733 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted October 20, 2018 Share Posted October 20, 2018 Here is how you can help the Brazil National Museum. Upload your photos of items at the Museum to Wikipedia. These records may be all that we have left since many if the items may not have been digitally preserved. https://mobile.twitter.com/Wikipedia/status/1037066123869483008 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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