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These 19th and 20th-century works made in carved wood by Bahian artist Erotides Americo de Araujo Lopes represent Black female workers on the streets of Brazil. These women, both enslaved and free, are also called "ganhadeiras," referring to the…

Sculpture made by A.D. Bressae in 1871, a boy carries in one hand a sign that read "Honor to Dom Pedro II" and a broken chain in the other. It is a typical example of how artistic representations of historical events distort reality by celebrating…

Cannons left from the original fortress of Santiago which included the Trem House for guarding artillery and the War Arsenal. The region where the museum is located was a military area until 1908, when the War Arsenal was transferred to Ponta do…

Revised wall labels that highlight the "discursive strategies of silencing the history of slavery in Brazil" and how museums have been complicit in the process of silencing.

This 19th-century sculpture and mask in wood was used in processions of the Brotherhood of Our Lady of the Rosary of Black Men, in Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais. She was adopted as a symbol of the Decolonial Brazil: other histories exhibition at the…