Tocantins will have special programming at museums

In celebration of International Museum Dayofficially celebrated on May 18, states and municipalities across Brazil organize themselves to prepare special programs for the National Museum Weekan event organized annually by the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram), which reaches its 22nd edition in 2024. In Tocantins, the Casa de Memória de Lajeado and the Palacinho Museum will have special programs on their premises, taking place between the 13th and 18th , under the coordination of the Secretariat of Culture (Secult), and the Instituto Amigos do Palacinho, respectively.

Following the national theme, “Museums, Education and Research”, the special programs begin on May 13th, with an opening ceremony at the Palacinho Museum, starting at 8:30 am, which will be attended by the governor of Tocantins Wanderlei Barbosa. With the opening, the week will have a series of activities throughout the days, which include lectures, workshops, conversation circles, among other actions.

On May 15th, Secult will hold a night of conversations at Casa de Memória de Lajeado around themes that allude to the week and museums as a space to promote culture and history. The evening will feature a lecture with the theme “Place of Memory and Museological Action”, followed by a conversation that will bring an important debate about museums and places of memory in Tocantins, which will be attended by the Secretary of Culture Tião Pinheiro, the coordinator of Social Museology and Education at Ibram, Marielle Costa Gonçalves, as well as professors and researchers from state and federal public institutions. The initiatives aim to promote the dissemination and appreciation of historical heritage and intensify the population’s relationship with these places.

Check out the complete schedules

Palacinho Museum

8:30 am – Celebratory opening with the presence of governor Wanderlei Barbosa and other authorities.

8:30 am – Statement from the pioneering employees who worked at Palacinho.

2:30 pm to 5 pm – Painting of panels with a proposal to create relationships with the image culture of Tocantins.

8:30 am – Welcome to Traditional Peoples (indigenous and quilombolas) for a mediated visit.

9am – Lecture on the Original and Traditional Peoples of Tocantins.

9am – Lecture covering the history and geopolitics of Tocantins

9am – Visitation with Museum mediators, open to the general public.

Lajeado Memory House

Craft Exhibition – Association of Women Artisans and Entrepreneurs of Lajeado

Sustainable Crafts Exhibition – Clean City Project

Opening

Attendance:

Tião Pinheiro – Secretary of State for Culture

Prof. Dr. Kátia Maia Flores – Superintendent of Promotion and Incentive to Culture

Júnio Bandeira – Mayor of the municipality of Lajeado

Leniza Costa – Secretary of the Environment and Tourism of Lajeado

Maria das Graças Gomes – Owner of the mansion that houses the Casa de Memória de Lajeado

Prof. Dr. Kyldes Batista Vicente – Vice-Rector of Extension, Culture and Community Affairs at Unitins

Prof. Dr. Rosane Balsan – Professor of Geography at the Federal University of Tocantins

Eloiza Tereza Marques Rezende – President of the Board of Directors of Instituto Amigos do Palacinho

Lecture: Place of Memory and Museological Action

Speaker: Marielle Costa Gonçalves, coordinator of Social Museology and Education at the Brazilian Institute of Museums

Conversation circle: Museum and places of memory of Tocantins

Attendance:

Prof. Dr. Kátia Maia Flores – Superintendent of Promotion and Incentive to Culture

Marielle Costa Gonçalves – Coordinator of Social Museology and Education at the Brazilian Institute of Museums

Prof. Regis Carvalho – President of the Friends of the Araguaína Museum Association and Member of the Museological Heritage Advisory Council

Prof. Dr. Kyldes Batista Vicente – Vice-Rector of Extension, Culture and Community Affairs at Unitins –

Prof. Dr. Rosane Balsan – Professor of Geography at the Federal University of Tocantins