After 3,385 days of closed doors, the Ipiranga Museum, one of the most important in the country, reopens this Tuesday (6th) in an event for around 800 guests in São Paulo. The last day of operation was August 3, 2013. It was only in 2017, however, that a competition was held to define the restoration project, and the works began effectively in November 2019.
In addition to the restoration of the old building, the so-called monument-building, a new sector was built, doubling the area of the institution founded in 1885. The reopening ceremony is scheduled to begin at 7 pm, with the playing of the national anthem by Osusp (USP Symphony Orchestra) in front of the monument building.
The event will also feature speeches by representatives of the federal and state governments. About two-thirds of the works budget, R$ 235 million, comes from federal incentives via the Rouanet Law. The rest came from contributions from the state government, USP, and direct sponsorship from companies. In addition, R$ 19 million was spent on the restoration of the French garden, a work fully funded by the state administration.
Translated by Cassy Dias