Google Arts & Culture Allows Viewers the Opportunity to View Brazil’s Museu Nacional Pre 2018 Fire

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From Google Arts & Culture via Kottke.org:

Over the centuries the museum became home to more than 20 million scientific and historical items. However the future of those artifacts was put in jeopardy on September 2, 2018. Three months after celebrating its bicentennial and a few days before the 196th anniversary of Brazil’s proclamation of independence, a huge fire spread throughout the National Museum, engulfing almost all of its rooms and completely destroying large parts of the building.

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