Volume 3
Knowledge and Practices concerning Nature and the Universe
Cosmology: an Intangible Heritage Exhibition and Educational Programme at the Museum of Astronomy, Rio de Janeiro
Cosmology: an Intangible Heritage Exhibition and Educational Programme at the Museum of Astronomy, Rio de Janeiro
Part of the Dark Room (Cosmocentric System) exhibition, showing some Zodiac constellations
Mekaton, a ceremonial hat of the Kapayo of southern Para. It shows what they knew of the sky and of their mythical origins.
An early 1920s telescope observatory building: part of MAST’s historic site and collection.
Part of the White Room (Geocentric System). The frieze above shows paintings of the planetary system as it was understood in the Middle Ages, while below there are paintings of the seasons and monthly activities, (all reproduced from illustrations in the Les tres riches heures du Duc de Berry)
The Guarani School, Tekoa Itatim, in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro.
Students studying the unit on the Sun in the outdoor exhibition
The starting point of the outdoor exhibition on the Solar System
Interactive exhibit in the Astronomy exhibition showing the sky as seen from the southern hemisphere
A sky-wheel: one is found in the house of every Wayana (a group living in Amapa, north of Brazil).
Guarani representations of some of the constellations of their sky on the wall of a village school.
The Opi (house of praying), the most important building: this is the heart, both social and religious, of any Guarani village.
Aerial view of part of the MAST site showing five of the historic telescope observatory buildings
Front of the main Brazilian National Observatory building of 1909, Rio de Janeiro - since 1985 the headquarters of the Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (MAST)