Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Natural history museum, arboretum , zoological garden in Pará, Brazil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, commonly shortened MPEG, is a Brazilian research institution and museum located in the city of Belém, state of Pará, Brazil. It was founded in 1866 by Domingos Soares Ferreira Penna as the Pará Museum of Natural History and Ethnography, and was later named in honor of Swiss naturalist Émil August Goeldi, who reorganized the institution and was its director from 1894 to 1905.[2] It is now the "main research center on natural systems and sociocultural processes of the Brazilian Amazon." The museum and zoological park are listed as protected sites by both the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage, and the Department of Historic, Artistic and Cultural Heritage of the state of Pará.[1]
Established | 1866 |
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Location | Belém, Pará, Brazil |
Coordinates | 1.4525°S 48.4764°W / -1.4525; -48.4764 |
Type | Natural history museum, arboretum zoological garden |
Director | Ana Luisa Albernaz |
Website | www.museu-goeldi.br |
Designated | 1994 |
Reference no. | 536 |
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