Brazil's National Museum
Today is an incredibly sad day for me and for many other Brazilians. Last night our oldest museum was consumed by fire. The National Museum was a 200-year-old museum with an archive of 20 million items of invaluable collections of Brazil's history and science and Egyptian and Greco-Roman artifacts. Among the items believed to be destroyed are fossils, dinosaurs, a meteorite, a 12,000-year-old skeleton and indigenous artifacts.
The fire could have been put out, but the firefighters didn't have enough water to battle the blaze because the hydrants were completely dry for the lack of maintenance.
For many years the National Museum fell into disrepair and fought to get resources from the government for preservation. Now we have nothing to preserve anymore. The governmental cuts to science and education are to blame for the loss of our history.
This is what happens when a country cares more about building soccer stadiums than preserving its history.
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Brazil's National Museum
Today is an incredibly sad day for me and for many other Brazilians. Last night our oldest museum was consumed by fire. The National Museum was a 200-year-old museum with an archive of 20 million items of invaluable collections of Brazil's history and science and Egyptian and Greco-Roman artifacts. Among the items believed to be destroyed are fossils, dinosaurs, a meteorite, a 12,000-year-old skeleton and indigenous artifacts.The fire could have been put out, but the firefighters didn't have enough water to battle the blaze because the hydrants were completely dry for the ("due to" might be an alternative to "for" here) lack of maintenance.
For many years the National Museum fell into disrepair and fought to get resources from the government for preservation. Now we have nothing to preserve anymore. Governmental (that's probably how it would normally be written, in Br Eng anyway - "governmental" is not wrong, though, but I think we don't want the article here) cuts to science and education are to blame for the loss of our history.
This is what happens when a country cares more about building soccer stadiums than preserving its history.
This is writing of a very good standard. So sorry about your museum. Here in the UK, our government has focused its resources on cuts in taxes for rich people and companies, and its policies on blaming poorer people for their difficulties and reducing government aid to vulnerable people. But the museums haven't burned down - yet.
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Sim, exatamente. O problema também é a população que enche estádios de futebol e shows mas não vai a um museu ou biblioteca. Diversas vezes fui ao Museu Nacional e estava praticamente vazio. Se o brasileiro fosse mais a esses lugares o governo daria mais atenção
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Vou comentar em português mesmo... Senti muita tristeza nesta tarde ao saber disso, parte da nossa história se foi, artefatos com valor inestimável foram perdidos e isso é muito triste. Infelizmente nosso nossos governantes não valorizam este tipo de cultura, enquanto patrocinam shows de "famosos" e times de futebol.
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