Mato Grosso Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

{{Block indent|The building was erected in 1922, in a neoclassical style, to house the Municipal Market, but was renovated and, in 1978, transformed into the Museum.}}

{{Block indent|Built in the nineteenth century the submerged water tanks, formed by two galleries, received water straight from the Cuiabá River and distributed by gravity to the spouts scattered at different points. of the city. It could hold over a million liters of water.  At the end of 2007, the site was rediscovered and restored to become a museum and gained prominence in the tourist and research itineraries of the capital of Mato Grosso. The Caixa D'Água Velha Museum is a great art exhibition in the eyes of visitors.}}

{{Block indent|The museum has a permanent exhibition of Archeology and Paleontology and a technical reserve. The paleontological exposition presents fossils of animals of the region, organized chronologically, representing the biological evolution through the geological ages. Fossils such as armadillo (Pampatherium humboldti) and giant sloth (Eremotherium Iaurillardi), dinosaurs (saurópoda), and marine animals from the period that Chapada dos Guimarães was sea.  The archaeological exhibition tells our story through man-made artifacts from prehistory to the present day. The exhibition includes instruments of the hunter-gatherer man and the potter man, such as chipped stone spearheads, polished stone axes and ceramic fragments. Also on display are pottery, neo-Brazilian ceramics, coins and other objects found in the Mato Grosso mills.}}

{{Block indent|The museum, launched in 1972, maintains one of the largest collections in the country about indigenous culture and gathers more than 16 thousand publications about the theme. The audiovisual archive includes photos and films about rituals and other activities of various indigenous tribes as well as an exhibition of various adornments and tools used daily by them.}}

{{Block indent|The Sinop Historical Museum is intended for research, collection, systematization, and preservation of the Historical Heritage and Cultural assets of the Municipality.  It is also intended to stimulate through educational and cultural actions with the community as well as provide future generations with the right to know the roots and economic, social, and political evolution of the municipality of Sinop.}}