• The National Museum of Brazil was heavily damaged by a large fire which began about 19:30 local time (23:30 UTC) on 2 September 2018.
  • Brazil’s National Museum may have gone down in one spectacular fire, but its staff argues years of neglect and defunding provided the kindling.
  • Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says a preliminary report shows that the fire that engulfed Brazil's National Museum destroyed all of its artifacts including those in...
  • Brazil’s oldest and most important historical and scientific museum has been consumed by fire, and much of its archive of 20 million items is believed to have...
  • Major pieces of Brazil's scientific and cultural heritage went up in smoke on September 2, as a devastating fire ripped through much of Rio de Janeiro 's Museu...
  • Brazil's National Museum, ravaged Sunday by a massive fire, is Latin America's largest natural history and anthropology museum, with more than 20 million...
  • Residents of Rio de Janeiro watched part of their heritage burning to ashes as a devastating fire engulfed the National Museum of Brazil...
  • RIO DE JANEIRO — A massive fire that raced through Brazil's 200-year-old National Museum on Sunday is believed to have destroyed much of its collection of...
  • On 2 September, disaster struck the National Museum of Brazil: a massive fire devastated the building and its extensive holdings.
  • The National Museum, seen from above, after the overnight fire in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.