Museu do Homem do Nordeste

Museu do Homem do Nordeste (Portuguese, “Museum of the Man of the Northeast”) is a public cultural equipment linked to the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation (Ministry of Education), which brings together collections that reflects the plurality of black, indigenous and white cultures from the origins to the multiple ramifications and mixtures that form what today is generically called Brazilian culture. These collections help to build narratives that promotes cultural diversity and social equality through ethnographic, historical and art exhibitions, as well in a wide range of educational and cultural activities.

The Museu do Homem do Nordeste was founded by the sociologist and anthropologist Gilberto Freyre in 1979, from the merger of three other museums: the Anthropology Museum (1961-1978), the Popular Art Museum (1955-1978) and the Sugar Museum (1963-1978). Its collection is characterized by the variety and heterogeneity of almost 16.600 items with the intention of presenting a panoramic, socially comprehensive museum, featuring erudite and popular aspects of a regional type of Brazilian man.