Rising from the ashes of Brazil museum national fire Chapter 2. 🔥

more than 18 million objects and specimens. Along with a variety of other recent fossil discoveries, the Museum also housed many of the world's best-preserved pterosaur fossils. Quantification of additional losses has started, yet in many respects, the destruction was, and is incalculable.When I learned of the fire, I was inconsolable.The loss of the collections in Rio affects everyone with an interest in the globe, its histories, and cultures, not only Brazilians or those who work in museums today.

The fire depicts a complete theft of the world's information that was accumulated over hundreds of years by just as many people, as well as the life it has supported.

I wanted to speak with someone who had been directly impacted by these events because I've been trying to comprehend this loss, what we learn from it, and how we move on from it in the months after the fire initially started.

At the time of the fire, paleontologist Beatriz Hörmanseder was a master's candidate working in the institution.She was in the middle of describing a new species of extinct crocodile that was destroyed and was only known from one specimen.Beatriz: I was researching a species of fossil crocodile from the Ceará region.region, and this specific crocodile stood out from the others in the area.Therefore, it was probably a really crucial species for this, for my study, and I misplaced it.When it first emerged, I could even make out the location, but all that was there was dirt.Emily: Do you recall what came to your mind when you learned about the fire in the

National Gallery?Beatriz: I was at home when I overheard someone say,The museum is on fire."I can recollect that I stood in front of the television for around three hours.
every room in the entomology collection caught fire, and it has since spread to the
My department, the paleontology department, was the last one standing,along with the mummies and archaeology To burn one.Do you recall some of the ideas that were running through your head at the time?Beatriz: The fire seemed like something out of a movie at first, and we couldn't believe it.similar to.

Then,together with the entire museum community, we began to converse.
The morning after the fire, all we could think was, "hmm what's left?The burnt remains of books, field notes, and stories drifted in the days following the fire.fell next to the museum, serving as a perpetual reminder of the disaster.The larger bits were sought after by many people as reminders of their connection to the museum.

Brazilians were able to monitor the response and recovery process thanks to the hashtag "Museu Nacional Vive,which stands for "The National Museum is Alive.In order to show the country that not everything had been lost, an exhibition with the same name was established. Some of the museum's contents were kept offsite in an annex and had escaped damage.adjacent items

Then,together with the entire museum community, we began to converse. The morning after the fire, all we could think was, "hmm what's left?The burnt remains of books, field notes, and stories drifted in the days following the fire.fell next to the museum, serving as a perpetual reminder of the disaster.The larger bits were sought after by many people as reminders of their connection to the museum. Brazilians were able to monitor the response and recovery process thanks to the hashtag "Museu Nacional Vive," which stands for "The National Museum is Alive.In order to show the country that not everything had been lost, an exhibition with the same name was established. Some of the museum's contents were kept offsite in an annex and had escaped damage. adjacent items