The Sertorio Museum: a private collection in São Paulo on the 19th century (Museu Paulistas first collection)

• Grant number: 12/06205-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: June 01, 2012
• End date: May 31, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Humanities - History
• Principal Investigator: Heloisa Maria Silveira Barbuy
• Grantee: Paula Carolina de Andrade Carvalho
• Host Institution: Museu Paulista (MP). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

This research intends to trace and recover information about the private collection known as Sertorio Museum, which became Paulista Museum's first main collection. This collection, which turned out to be a private museum in São Paulo, belonged to Colonel Joaquim Sertorio. This museum became famous in the second half of the 19th century, showing up in the local press and on travelers diaries. The collection was donated to São Paulo estate in 1890, from which Paulista Museum was created; it officially opened in 1895 at the Ipiranga Monument. This project is part of the Research Project in Material Cultural History - History of Museums and Collections at Paulista Museum-USP. (AU)