September 3, 2018
Brazil museum fire: ‘incalculable’ loss as 200-year-old Rio institution gutted
That’s really sad
The fire at Rio de Janeiro’s 200-year-old National Museum began after it closed to the public on Sunday and raged into the night. There were no reports of injuries, but the loss to Brazilian science, history and culture was incalculable, two of its vice-directors said.
Flames Engulf Brazil’s National Museum, Destroying Massive Cultural and Scientific Collection
11,000 years’ worth of artifacts went up in smoke as the 200-year-old National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro—one of the largest collections in the Americas—burned down in a massive firestorm on Sunday night.