• 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.
  • Anger smoldered in Brazil on Monday after a fire destroyed the National Museum, a cherished historical repository that lacked a sprinkler system and which...
  • 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...
  • Residents of Rio de Janeiro watched part of their heritage burning to ashes as a devastating fire engulfed the National Museum of Brazil...
  • 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...
  • 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...
  • The National Museum, seen from above, after the overnight fire in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
  • The cause of the fire is not yet known. STR/AFP/AFP/Getty Images. “The loss of the National Museum’s collection is insurmountable for Brazil...