Dear Fulbright Alumni,

Last Sunday, in September 2, the oldest and largest Brazilian museum was
gutted by a catastrophic fire, which burned all collections to the
ground. *Museu
Nacional *was founded by Dom João VI, the king of Portugal, in 1818 and
celebrates 200 years of existence in 2018.
With more than 20 million objects ranging from insects to huge pre-historic
fossils, thousands of documents, photographs and ethnographical
artifacts *Museu
Nacional *also preserved the most ancient human fossil ever discovered in
the Americas. *Luzia, *12.000 years old, is a landmark in the history of
our continent.
*Museu Nacional *is a key institution in the making of Brazilian science.
Administered by the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, it also holds one
of the most prestigious Graduate Programs in Antropology, where local and
foreign scholars conduct research and advance the knowledge over our
cultures and societies.
Many Fulbright scholars have visited the Federal University of Rio de
Janeiro over the years. This letter aims to sensitize all Fulbright Alumni
to this horrendous tragedy and call for your support. You can do it in two
possible ways:

   - Please sign the letter of support to *Museu Nacional *and its workers,
   in which we also advocate for the full recovery of the museum sector in
   Brazil as a key field to social development;
   - If you have visited *Museu Nacional *or the Federal University of Rio
   de Janeiro as a Fulbright Scholar, we kindly ask you to sign the letter of
   support and briefly share your experience using the hashtag
   #MinhaMemoriaNoMuseuNacional in social media, or sending it to the e-mail
   address [email protected]
   
<https://fulbright.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2b5c7093b67146375e5fba81c&id=d2729ad683&e=cd964a5727>

   - SIGN HERE:
   
https://www.change.org/p/fulbright-alumni-national-museum-of-brazil-solidarity-after-a-tragedy?recruiter=45588308&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=copylink&utm_campaign=share_petition
   
<https://fulbright.us16.list-manage.com/track/click?u=2b5c7093b67146375e5fba81c&id=00794560e0&e=cd964a5727>



-- 
Marcos Silva
https://sites.google.com/site/marcossilvarj/
Philosophie macht Spaß!

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