Villa-Lobos Museum
Museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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The Villa-Lobos Museum (Portuguese: Museu Villa-Lobos) is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.
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| Established | 1960 |
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| Location | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 22.951870°S 43.190553°W |
| Website | museuvillalobos |
History
In 1960, the museum was founded by Arminda Neves d'Almeida, Heitor Villa-Lobos's second wife, who directed the museum for 24 years. The 19th-century building that houses it is listed by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage.[1] The museum occasionally hosts concerts.[2] In 2019, the museum digitized a collection of photographs it contained, in partnership with Instituto Brasileiro de Museus and Federal University of Goiás.[3] In 2020, it launched a virtual exhibition titled "Native Brazilian Music" containing 50 photographs and audio recordings of Brazilian songs, as well as photographs of musicians in recordings.[4] It was shown at Google Arts & Culture where letters between Leopold Stokowski and Villa-Lobos were shown as well as newspaper clippings.[5] In June 2021, the museum launched a virtual exhibition titled "Memórias de Arminda" about the life of Arminda Neves, which included an adapted version of Google Street View.[6]
Collections
The museum has a collection of objects and documents about the life and work of Heitor Villa-Lobos;[7] a collection of musical instruments, books and scores;[2] recordings and tapes;[8] and a collection of conducting batons.[9]