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The collections of ethnographical objects began when the museum was founded, with donations of travellers and researchers at first, and then with an intensive collection program led by the German anthropologist Nimuendaju Curt. The archaeology and ethnography collections are listed as historical and artistic heritage of the country. These collections are one of the main sources of information for studies on biodiversity and human societies in the Amazon area. They deal about botanic, zoology, archaeology, ethnography, linguistic, palaeontology, mineral sciences and a large collection of books and archives. The museum scientific collections, kept on the research campus, are composed of more than 4.5 million artefacts. It houses the Jacques Huber aquarium (1911), the pavilion Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna (1879), known as 'Rocinha', where permanent and temporary exhibitions are presented, the science teaching collection Emilia Snethlage (1985) and the science library Clara Maria Galvão (1899).Ĭollections of reference for the Amazonian area The zoological and botanical park displays hundreds of vegetable and animal species inside monuments and buildings of the 19th and early 20th centuries. The museum is composed of 3 different places: a 5.4 hectares zoological and botanical park nested at the heart of the city of Belém and founded in 1895, the research campus created in 1978 on 10 hectares on the outskirts of the city and the Ferreira Penna scientific station established in 1998 in the Caxiuanã national forest. Since its creation, the museum activities have been divided up between the scientific study of natural and socio-cultural systems in the Amazon area, scientific communication, the diffusion of knowledge and collections from the region and formation.Īll the results obtained in these fields make the museum Emilio Goeldi one of the most important research centres in Brazil. It was founded in 1866 by naturalist Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna, in the Pará state capital city: Belém. The museum Emilio Goeldi is a research institute related to the Brazilian Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation (MCTI). The oldest scientific institution in the Amazon area