{"id":78314,"date":"2024-06-01T10:11:09","date_gmt":"2024-06-01T13:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=78314"},"modified":"2025-09-13T14:07:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T17:07:12","slug":"rio-de-janeiros-largest-installation-based-favela-museum-the-mare-museum-celebrates-18-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rioonwatch.org\/?p=78314","title":{"rendered":"The Mar\u00e9 Museum, Rio de Janeiro’s Largest Installation-Based Favela Museum, Celebrates 18 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u201c12 Eras\u201d uses thematic categories as a versatile tool to organize and conduct visitors through the museum’s exhibition, promotes an engaging and informative experience. Photo: Amanda Baroni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Held on May 22, the “Tea of Memories” event celebrated the 18th anniversary of the Mar\u00e9 Museum<\/a>, situated in Complexo da Mar\u00e9<\/a>, a group of 16 favelas in the North Zone<\/a> of Rio de Janeiro, highlighting its significance for local history. Taking place at the museum’s headquarters in the Timbau<\/a> community, the event’s main purpose was to reclaim Mar\u00e9’s history through objects donated by residents and the sharing of emotional memories attached to these and other artifacts. The Mar\u00e9 Museum is one of Rio de Janeiro’s two dozen favela museums<\/a>, many of which are territorial museums produced through social museology<\/a>: it is the largest installation-based museum and often open to visitors.<\/h4>\n

The Mar\u00e9 Museum’s 2024 anniversary celebration encouraged 40 participants to reflect on “Mar\u00e9 in 12 Eras<\/a>,” the name of the museum’s permanent exhibition. The twelve eras are thematic categories that organize<\/a> and guide visitors through the exhibition, showcasing the diversity of topics surrounding Mar\u00e9’s history. Residents, students, teachers, and museum representatives wrote about the eras of water, home, migration, resistance, work, celebration, market, faith, daily life, children, fear, and future.<\/p>\n

A Portuguese teacher at the Center for Youth and Adult Education (CEJA<\/a>) in Mar\u00e9, Helaine Alves<\/a>, spoke about the era of home and her childhood memories.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe object I love most in the museum is the stilt house<\/a>. Because I like houses and I think I could be an architect. I love houses and miniatures. And when I enter the stilt house, I recognize many objects that were part of my childhood. For example, there was the basin… and I remember how thin it was, and that my mother used to wash dishes in that basin. I lived in a very small house; it only had one room. My bathroom was outside, so I remember that basin. For me, it’s a very strong, very deep memory. And this plate too; there are many objects that I recognize when I’m there in the stilt house. It’s the era [in the museum] I love the most. I love the Mar\u00e9 Museum, I love the whole style of the stilt house. Home is the era [of the exhibition] that I love the most.\u201d \u2014 Helaine Alves<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Held on May 22, 2024, the “Tea of Memories” event celebrated 18 years of the Mar\u00e9 Museum, located in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Amanda Baroni<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Especiais da Mar\u00e9 Association<\/a>, a collective of parents and caregivers exchanging experiences and information to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities in Mar\u00e9, spoke about the era of future in a text read by Cl\u00e1udia Rose<\/a>, a teacher and founder of the Center for Studies and Solidarity Actions of Mar\u00e9 (CEASM<\/a>) and of the Mar\u00e9 Museum: “We from Especiais da Mar\u00e9 are very happy for the efforts at inclusion made by the Mar\u00e9 Museum. In the future era, we hope to be everywhere with accessibility, respect, and inclusion for all.”<\/p>\n

Jo\u00e3o Pinto Oliveira, father of the autistic student George Armede from CEJA Mar\u00e9, wrote to his son about the era of fear. The text was read by teacher Helaine Alves:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe era of fear, just the name alone is frightening, as it’s a period people are still living in due to police operations<\/a>. Conflicts between police and criminals, or among themselves, for territorial dominance. The people ask for peace. No more stray bullets. No more mothers suffering<\/a>, crying for their sons, daughters, or relatives because of shootings. Peace for all.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At first, the event was scheduled for May 9, but it had to be postponed because of a police raid in Mar\u00e9<\/a>. Despite the era of fear, the event could not be canceled; it was only delayed for a few days.<\/p>\n

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Uma publica\u00e7\u00e3o compartilhada por Museu da Mare\u0301 (@museudamare)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n