Mineralogy Museum
Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
Suggest Place to Visit
6584
Track to location with GPS |
 |
The Professor Djalma Guimarães Mineralogy Museum is a Brazilian museum that deals with mining and world mineralogy. It is located at Praça da Liberdade in Belo Horizonte, and until 2010 it was installed in one of the buildings with more postmodern characteristics in the city, nicknamed "Rainha da Sucata". The building was designed by architects Sylvio de Podestá and Éolo Maia. At first glance, it totally disagrees with the buildings found in the cultural complex of Praça da Liberdade. Combining several materials typically from Minas Gerais, such as ceramics, cement and steel, the construction shocks anyone who sees it because it is extremely splendid and combines geometric shapes that apparently do not communicate with each other.
The museum was created by Mayor Oswaldo Pieruccetti in 1974 and implanted with the collaboration of the administration of the State of Minas Gerais, which transferred the collection of the old Permanent Sample Fair.
Until 1992, the MMPDG operated on Rua da Bahia, on the corner of Avenida Augusto de Lima, where the Belo Horizonte Culture Center operates today. In June 2000, it was reopened through joint efforts by the city of Belo Horizonte, through the Municipal Department of Culture, the State Department of Mines and Energy and COMIG, as an integral part of the mining memorial. In 2010, the museum became part of the Museum of Mines and Metal, created in the same Praça da Liberdade.
The collection has about a thousand samples on display, out of a total of three thousand, 70 to 80% of which come from Minas Gerais, about 10 to 15% from other states, and the rest from other countries.
Comments
We don´t have yet any comments about:
Mineralogy Museum
Mineralogy Museum
Be the first to leave a comment as it is very important to inform other people
Outros locais a visitar
Within a radius of 20 km from:Mineralogy Museum
São José Church |
| 0,8 Km |
 |
Belo Horizonte City (Brazil) |
| 0,8 Km |
 |
Toy Museum |
| 0,8 Km |
 |
Inimá de Paula Museum |
| 1,0 Km |
 |
Mining Museum |
| 1,1 Km |
 |
Cemig Popular Art Center |
| 1,2 Km |
 |
Museum of Mines and Metal |
| 1,3 Km |
 |
Giramundo Museum |
| 1,4 Km |
 |
Ufmg Knowledge Space |
| 1,4 Km |
 |
Museum of Arts and Crafts |
| 1,4 Km |
 |
Brazilian Expeditionary Force Museum |
| 1,6 Km |
 |
Abílio Barreto Historical Museum |
| 1,7 Km |
 |
Murilo Castro Gallery |
| 2,2 Km |
 |
Botanical Garden of Ufmg |
| 4,0 Km |
 |
Ecological and Cultural Park Professor Marcos Mazzoni |
| 4,5 Km |
 |
Ufmg Natural History Museum |
| 4,5 Km |
 |
Embroidery Museum |
| 4,5 Km |
 |
Serra do Curral Park |
| 5,3 Km |
 |
Renato Azeredo Ecological Park |
| 5,3 Km |
 |
Dalva Star Set Park |
| 5,4 Km |
 |
Landscape Painter Jesus Ramos |
| 6,6 Km |
 |
Jacques Cousteau Park |
| 6,7 Km |
 |
Brazilian Football Museum |
| 6,7 Km |
 |
Ars Longa |
| 7,0 Km |
 |
May Day Ecological Park |
| 7,4 Km |
 |
Pampulha Art Museum |
| 8,3 Km |
 |
Pampulha Ecological Park |
| 9,2 Km |
 |
Roberto Burle Marx Ecological Park |
| 10,3 Km |
 |
Santo Antônio Ecological Park |
| 10,4 Km |
 |
Baroness Manor |
| 19,4 Km |
 |
Aurélio Dolabella Museum |
| 19,6 Km |
 |
Hotel reservation near Mineralogy Museum within a radius of 20 km
Why to book with
The best prices
Our partnerships with the world´s largest operators offer research on the best market prices.
More options
At Rotas Turisticos you can book the hotel, buy the air ticket, book the transfer from the airport to the hotel and vice versa, book the local excursions, rent the car, take travel insurance and consult the places to visit and where to go.
Holiday Tips & Destinations
Hundreds of holiday destinations with all the options that allow you to easily choose the destination that best suits your dream vacation.
Links
Follow us on social networks
