Smithsonian Magazine

Brazil Lost 80 Percent of Its National Museum Collection in One Night. Here’s How It’s Fighting to Rebuild

Ever since a 2018 blaze destroyed priceless artifacts and scientifically important specimens, museum staff have devoted ...
Newsday

Brazil to reopen National Museum destroyed by fire in 2018

RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil's National Museum offered a glimpse of its renovated building and collection on Monday, two days before it reopens for visitors and seven years after a devastating fire ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Why Brazil’s National Museum Fire Was a Devastating Blow to South America’s Cultural Heritage

A towering inferno of smoke and flames dominated the Rio de Janeiro skyline on Sunday night, signaling the abrupt demise of Brazil’s National Museum, a 200-year-old institution that housed a priceless ...
Reuters

Fire destroys Brazil's National Museum

Reuters, the news and media division of Thomson Reuters, is the world’s largest multimedia news provider, reaching billions of people worldwide every day. Reuters provides business, financial, ...
wqad

'200 years of work lost': Rio museum engulfed in flames

Roberto Robadey, a spokesman for the fire department, said 80 firefighters were battling the blaze and that by midnight local time it was "just about under control" and should be out within a few ...
The Daily Gazette

After Brazil museum fire, debate over how, or if, to rebuild

In this Sept. 2, 2018 file photo, flames engulf the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil, in Rio de Janeiro. Ever since a fire gutted Brazil’s 200-year-old museum, the question has been: Could what ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org

Fire Engulfs Brazil's National Museum

A fire has gutted the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro, the oldest scientific institution in the country. Fire Engulfs Brazil's National Museum STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: When a building is ...