Lesson from Brazil: Museums are not forever
- Written by Chip Colwell, Lecturer on Anthropology, University of Colorado Denver
Brazil's gutted National Museum now resembles an archaeological ruin itself.AP Photo/Mario Lobao
We now know what history going up in flames looks like.
On Sept. 2, the National Museum of Brazil lit up Rio de Janeiro’s night sky. Perhaps started by an errant paper hot air balloon landing on the roof or a short circuit in a laboratory, the...