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:Archaeological Museum of Sambaqui of Joinville is a unit of the Secretariat of Culture and Tourism, of the Municipality of Joinville (SC), responsible for acting in the preservation of the Brazilian archaeological heritage and in the production of knowledge about builders of sambaquis (Brazilian shell mounds), who lived in the region for more than 5,000 years. Its collection has about 45 thousand artifacts that show the culture and lifestyle of the Sambaquian people.

:The town preserves the cultural traits it inherited from the first settlers who founded the city in 1861. The majority of these German immigrants came from Pomerania, a northern region of Germany. Many of Pomerode’s 25,000 residents are trilingual in German, Portuguese, and the increasingly obsolete East Pomeranian German dialect.  The town’s heritage is evident throughout its architecture. Many of its buildings look as though they’ve been plucked from a German village and whisked across the Atlantic Ocean before being plopped in southern Brazil. One of these buildings is the preserved and restored half-timbered home of the very first German immigrant to settle in Pomerode, a man named Carl Weege.  The house museum one of multiple historic attractions that delve into Pomerode’s German heritage. The local people’s personalities, religious beliefs, and gastronomy also reflect their German roots. The town has its own folklore groups, bands, choirs, and hunting and shooting clubs. Most locals even supported Germany over Brazil in the 2014 World Cup. The town also has beautiful parks and an impressive zoo. While there, be sure to raise your mug of German beer with a hearty cheer of “prost!”

:This cultural space preserves a collection of 6,200 pieces. They belong to the founder of Blumenau, colonizers and their families. Historical and well-maintained furniture, clothing, accessories, household items and machinery. At the back of the Museum complex is the forest garden, where you can still find trees planted by the city's founder and the Cemitério dos Gatos.

:The Museum preserves an important and diverse collection of documentary, photographic, bibliographic and objects from the history of the Itajaí-Mirim Valley.

:The Museu do Imigrante translates part of the history of the settlers of Timbó, either through utensils or customs. The creation of the Immigrant Museum aims to preserve, disseminate, and keep the memory of the Timbo people alive. The Museum's collection includes furniture that portrays the daily life of the first immigrants from Timbó, as well as personal belongings, kitchen utensils, clothing, etc.  The museum is the living history of immigrants. It discloses uses and customs that remain through the ages, thus providing cultural knowledge - it can be used as a research tool.

:In 1985 the building started to house the Historical Museum of São Francisco do Sul, including the space definitely in the itinerary of the historic center of the city. In its rooms and cells, the objects that make up the collection are now on display, mostly donated by the community. It is a real time travel through documents, newspapers, maps, Porto plans, objects and utensils that tell the story of the third oldest city in Brazil.

:The National Museum of Immigration and Colonization located in the city of Joinville, north of Santa Catarina, holds memories and stories related to immigration in southern Brazil. It is dedicated to collect objects and written documents related to the historical process of immigration and colonization in the South of the Country.

:The Pomerano Museum is a real trip about the Germans coming to Brazil. It reveals fragments of Pomerode's history from the arrival of the first European immigrants in the middle of the 19th century to Rio do Testo in the Itajaí Valley. The collection of pieces was brought together by the private collector Egon Tiedt (1934-2008), who began, in 1969, the collection and preservation of ancient objects representative of German culture in the region. In 1982, he created the Pommersches Museum - Pomerano Museum, an initiative that intended to pass on to the future generations the knowledge of the immigrants who built the city's history. Among other objects and historical documents, at the Pomerano Museum there are carts, antique furniture, work utensils for the kitchen, clothing accessories, appliances and musical instruments, and period jewelry.

:The Mission of the museum is to provide services to society through research, educational activities, communication, preservation of its architectural and museological heritage, contributing to the strengthening of the History of Santa Catarina.  Its vision is to be recognized as a reference as a history museum in southern Brazil, providing quality services.  Its main goal is to strengthen the History of Santa Catarina, developing actions of Preservation, Communication, Research and qualified Management.

:The Museum's Creator, Danilo Thiago de Castro, started structuring it at the age of 17, in 1937. The museum's collection consists of documents and images from the 19th century. XVIII and XIX, weapons of war and regional struggles, work utensils, household items, clothing and objects of daily use.