The Minister of Tourism, Carlos Brito, paid a technical visit this Friday (18th) to the restoration and modernization works at the Ipiranga Museum, in São Paulo (SP). Closed since 2013, the monument-building, which is listed as a Municipal, State and Federal Historic Heritage, will reopen to the public next month, as part of the celebrations of the Bicentennial of the Independence of Brazil.
According to the minister, with the Ipiranga Museum, tourism in the region will be stronger and stronger. The number of visitors to the museum is estimated to rise from 300,000 a year to 1 million.
“Not only in the region, but in Brazil because a heritage like this increasingly strengthens our culture. We are going to make this heritage an incentive to bring new tourists to Brazil and São Paulo,” stated Brito.
Remodeling
After the renovation is completed, the museum will have two large entrances, a ticket office, an auditorium for 200 people, an educational space, a café, a shop and a temporary exhibition room. As a result, the total built-up area will double what it had previously and will offer full accessibility via elevators and escalators and a new air conditioning system.
Built between 1885 and 1890, the Ipiranga Museum is located within the Parque Independência complex, in the south of the city of São Paulo. Originally conceived as a monument to Independence, it was declared the seat of the State Museum in 1895 and, since 1963, it has been administered by the University of São Paulo.
