Hi!
Leaving the Museu de Arte Naïf, I went towards the Memorial da Pediatria Brasileira or Brazilian Pediatrics Memorial. On the way, I passed through the Corcovado Train Station and through St. Jude’s church in Cosme Velho, patron of my soccer team, Flamengo. Then I went through the Bica da Rainha, which is located very close to the Memorial and has a very interesting story: its name comes from when Carlota Joaquina, wife of the Prince Regent João VI, often went there to cure her skin problems in the medicinal fountain – or so she believed. In addition, she carried with her Dona Maria, the crazy, the mother of Dom João VI, believing that the waters there would also help healing the madness of his mother-in-law. For this reason, the spout’s name: it was designed to royalty visits. Another curiosity is that the expression "Mary goes to the others" would have arisen from the fact that the queen and her daughter-in-law were followed by court ladies and slaves to the spout , so the term was used to criticize those who could not govern yourself and only imitated others. Moreover, it is told that Maria practiced various follies in the spout, scandalizing the court and attracting many onlookers.
Arriving at the Memorial, I touched the intercom and went up the stairs, where the museologist Tatiana welcomed me and asked me to sign the attendance book. After signing, she opened the door of the house and I could initiate the visit. She said that if I had any doubt, all I needed to do was to ask her. I saw at the attendance book that many medicine students went there to do research.
The memorial has some interesting things that I knew something about, but very little. Right at the entrance, I came across the oath of doctors and the bust of Hippocrates, as well as different ways of raising the kids in past centuries. I found it interesting to know that white children were the least healthy due to early weaning by white mothers, unlike black mothers, and that indigenous mothers had special care during pregnancy, stopping consumption of certain foods, working less and abstaining from certain services, all to benefit their babies.
The history of medicine in Brazil is shown in the second room, but focused on pediatrics. They show some SBP - Brazilian Pediatrics Society’s projects with Nestlé’s support. They also show some information about vaccines and antibiotics’ releases, and new approaches in perinatology and neonatology. There you can understand how Catholic Hospitals emerged in our country, in large account because of the connection between medicine and religion. From this on, they explain how the wheels of the exposed arose. I knew a little about it, as told by my grandmother, but there I found that there was a wheel where monks and nuns received food, letters and medicines donations from the outside world, and slowly, by guidance of the rulers, began to be used to receive abandoned children.
In other spaces, I could see instruments formerly used by pediatricians and an example of what would be a pediatrician‘s office in the last century. There we can see anesthesia machines, chairs for tonsils operation, apparatus for ultraviolet bath, electrocardiograph and other items.
At the end of the memorial, there is a space that shows many SBP’s campaigns: campaign against diarrhea by intestinal infection, the campaign of oral rehydration, the campaign of breastfeeding, the campaign in favor of prenatal and the National Campaign for the Prevention of Accidents and Violence in Childhood. I liked this part because I could realize how society is changing and how the focuses are also changing - this often happens very quickly. Finally, there is a last room focused on doctors who have been ahead of the SBP.
The memorial is cool, mainly for future doctors - even for those who are not pediatricians, because I don’t think there is another place that shows the history of medicine in our country in such a rich way. Since it is not allowed to take pictures inside the museum, I talked to the museologist and she asked me to send an email, so that she would check internally could send me photos – unfortunately, she said that was not possible. Anyway, if you want to get an idea just visit their website, you can find some internal photos of the museum there. The memorial features a library for those who need to do research, which I thought was very appropriate. Furthermore, the museologist informed me that they have a theater group and a choral for children of the community, which is held every Monday and Wednesday in the Clube Hebraica for free, and opened for any child who can read and is under 13 years.
Finally, before I went back home, I went to Largo do Boticario, a place with lots of history that I have ever wanted to know – too bad it is very decadent now, it’s so sad. I hope that the revitalization helps to give life to that place once again, because is a very beautiful place despite all the problems.
Kiss kiss and good walk,
Tati.
Registration Form:
Site: Memorial da Pediatria Brasileira
Visit’s Date: 11/02/2014
Adress: Rua Cosme Velho, 381 - Cosme Velho.
Telephone: (21) 2245-3110/2257-2543
Directions: Using the subway, just get off at Largo do Machado station and take the express integration bus to Cosme Velho, or any bus that passes by Rua Cosme Velho – there are many options, click here to find out more: english or spanish.
Working Hours: Monday to friday, from 9am to 4pm, Saturdays, Sundays and holidays closed.
Guided Tour: yes, Tatiana informed me that she is the guide for large groups, but isn’t necessary a guide because all information can be read in the memorial - if you have any doubts, just ask her.
Entry Price: free.
Toilets/drink water fountains: toilet and drink water fountain inside the memorial.
Cafe/Restaurant/Convenience Store: none, no café, nether restaurant and nether a store.
Accessibility: it has accessibility, if you have motion problems you can go by car and park inside the memorial, just call them to explain this.
Audio guide: none, however they have folders in English and Spanish.
Lockers and space for stroller: none. You can enter with everything.
Recommended duration of stay: I stayed there about 1h.
Parking: inside the memorial only for people with motion disabilities. Tatiana said you can stop at Casa do Minho, a tipical Portuguese restaurant in Cosme Velho Street 60, but it’s only opens for eating from Tuesday to Friday, from 6pm to 1am, and Saturdays and Sundays, from 12pm to 5pm.
Camera: You can’t take pictures inside the memorial, only outside.
Air Conditioning: yes.
Hi!
This day I went on a trip back in time… I lived in Laranjeiras, I studied in Cosme Velho and my tour would be in Cosme Velho, specifically in the Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf - an old love, because I love the frames made in this kind of art since very long time ago.
I took the subway, then the express bus of Metro to Cosme Velho and I got out at the Corcovado’s train stop. Arriving there, I entered in the museum: a beautiful mansion of the nineteenth century, which is 30 meters away from the train set. According to the information boards at the entrance, the museum first opened in 1995; it comprises the largest and most complex collection of the genre in the entire world: six thousand works of painters from all states of Brazil and over a hundred countries, from the fifteenth century to the present day.
At the entrance, there is a tribute to the creator of the museum in a side and, in the other side, an explanation of Naïve art. The Naïf genre is a school of painting also called naive and sometimes primitive that was recognized in the late nineteenth century in the frames of Rosseau. Brazil is one of the great centers of art naïf and MIAN is an achievement of the foundation Lucien Finkelstein (the creator of the museum), a non-profit organization whose main objective is to promote and enhance naïf art.
Then, I entered in the exhibition of my dreams with the Brazilian naïf masters. I fell in love at first sight for all those screens that portray the fauna, flora and culture of our colorfully country that often reminds me of children's drawings – that’s why, in my view, the screens are much like dreams. Screens where we can find history, as they often portray moments of our city or places we have been to.
There is another section called ‘Naïf Art anytime and everywhere’, from the Digital Naïf Project, that I found very cool! The project consists of three products: sensory exposure Naïf textures, with frames that you can touch, from many different countries; the Digital MIAN application, with information about the museum and the exhibits that is quite interesting; and what I loved the most, the Naïf game - the latter two available in android platform.
The Naïf game allows you to create your own digital drawing based in the paiting ‘Rio de Janeiro I like you, I like this happy people’, a work of Lia Mittarakis that portrays the city of Rio de Janeiro in a panoramic and playful view. I liked it so much that I made two drawings and I lost track of time… And I had the help of Ana Paula, who works there, to send my picture to my e-mail and facebook. My tip is: you should send your picture to your email first and to your facebook later, because after you send to facebook the program restart by itself to start a new drawing without allowing you to send to your e-mail.
After I saw painting by painting in the ground floor and delighted myself with each one, I got up the stairs to the mezzanine. In the way upstairs, I made a request to my holy devotion, which I thought was pretty cool before entering the exhibition "Saints and Devotions" - which is quite interesting, but I found even more amazing to see the huge painting ‘Brazil, 5 centuries’.
Then I took the stairs and went into the underground, where there are two exhibitions. "Animais e imaginários Naïf" is very beautiful, and a tribute "Rousseau, the father of modern painting" is found in a small room with a video.
At the end of my visit, I went back to the Naïf game to make a second drawing and I ended up delaying myself – if the first drawing took me about 40 minutes to build, the second took me nearly 1 hour! Nevertheless, I loved my masterpiece in the end, so it was super worth it!
In addition to all this fun, the museum also has a regular schedule targeted at babies, with sessions for babies and walking babies up to 3 years, each month with a different theme based on a painting. For more information just take a peek at www.museunaif.com/naif-to-nenens or contact them at tel: (21) 2225-1033 (Tuesday to Friday, 10am to 4pm). Another option for children is the visit mediated Naïf Art in five senses, where the art museum educators prepare a roadmap with dynamics, fun and games to stimulate different sensations and perceptions of the children. To participate you only need to make the appointments at e-mail and take the students there! I will be watching that in the future! Because if programs for children in the museum are so rare, even more for babies...
Kiss kiss and great tour,
Tati.
Registration Form:
Site: Museu Internacional de Arte Naïf do Brasil
Visit’s Date: 11/02/2014
Adress: Rua Cosme Velho, 561 - Cosme Velho.
Telephone: (21)2205-8612/2205-8547/2205-8291
Directions: Using the subway, just get off at Largo do Machado station and take the express integration bus to Cosme Velho, or any bus that passes by Rua Cosme Velho – there are many options, click here to find out more: english or spanish.
Working Hours: Tuesday to friday, from 10am to 6pm; Saturdays and Sundays, from 10am to 5pm; and closed on Mondays.
Guided Tour: yes, for a group of at least 5 people is R$ 10 for each person; with less than this, the price is R$50,00.
Entry Price: R$12,00. Half price for students, elderly, under 18 and whoever brings the Corcovado ticket used in the day; and no charge for children under 5, seniors over 80 and members of the Icom.
Toilets/drink water fountains: toilet inside the museum and drink water fountain outside the museum, near the restaurant.
Cafe/Restaurant/Convenience Store: there is a restaurant, but I didn’t try it; also, there is a convenience store where I bought a magnet - which has other nice things!
Accessibility: none - it is an old building, with stairs in the entrance and inside too.
Audio guide: none, however the exhibits are mostly in two languages: Portuguese and English. Some also have French.
Lockers and space for stroller: none. You can enter with everything.
Recommended duration of stay: I stayed there about 2h30, but because I made 2 drawings - without the drawing, you can easily spend 1 hour in the visit.
Parking: none, you can try park at the street between the museum and the Corcovado’s train station.
Camera: You can take pictures without flash.
Air Conditioning: yes.
Hi!
This visit was not on the list of the day, it kind of happened, but it could not have been different. I had been around Casa Daros and loved that beautiful white building, full of tall palm trees in the front. It was love at first sight! Totally crazy! So, as I was going to Instituto Cravo Albin, I saw that building again and I decided: if I have time, I will go there…and then I went! And the best thing was that this day, the main exhibition was free of charge (the others are always free of charge)! As good as it gets!
When I arrived there, I climbed the front steps of the building and I was enchanted once again. As soon as I entered, I left my bags in the lockers at the entrance and they gave me a small bag to put the important things. The bag was produced by the - NGO ‘Tem Quem Queira’ - and I love it! I thought it was a really great idea to insert the project at the museum in a good way, calling attention to such a cool project!
When I got to Casa Daros I was a little hungry, so I decided to start the visit by the café called Mira! - I wanted a dessert before starting the work. After looking at the menu, I ordered a brownie with everything on it: chocolate syrup and ice cream! I do not know if it was my tiny hunger fault, but it was fine, yet not wonderful - perhaps because it comes in an ice cream’s cup, and it did not look very appetizing, everything smashed there, saaad…
Upon leaving the cafe I chose to return to the entrance to start the tour, but before that I went in the bathroom and I loved to see a continuation of exhibition Artoons there - do you understand that feeling when something surprises you in the weirdest place? I could not help to smile inside the bathroom. Next to the bathroom, there is an exhibition called Cortocircuitos: videos (which I found very interesting), drawings and installations in the hallway going to the restaurant; it finishes in the end of this month.
From there, I went to the entrance of the exhibitions, where a nice gentleman showed me the entrance to the exhibition Le Parc Lumière. He also explained to a mother with her two daughters in front of me about the special events of Casa Daros for childrens on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at 3pm and at 5pm - I intend to keep an eye on it.
I started the visit by the free exhibitions that are right in the hallway and I think I chose wisely. It was very interesting as I could learn the history of Casa Daros through Educandaros design, which presents the history of that space from 1738 to our days.
Then, going on at the hallway I got to the exhibition ‘Matriz de Voz’, which is quite fun and interactive... very cool! The work allows you to add your voice to other 959 previous voices by pushing a button and recording your speech.
Returning to the beginning of the hallway, I went to the exhibition ‘Le Parc Lumière’. As soon as I entered, I saw a tremendous darkness that the artist managed to make amazing images by playing with the light. I loved to have gone there to visit this exhibition and I am now looking forward to the next exhibition, which will start on March 29th. According to the schedule displayed at the box office at Casa Daros, it will be “Paintant Stories”: it will bring a panel of 120 meters that will go around Casa Daros, making a sort of panorama of contemporary existence. It will probably make an amazing tour!
Leaving ‘Le Parc Lumière’, one must go down the stairs and straight into another exhibition: “Julio Le Parc, demystify art/1968”, which is an excellent entrance into the central courtyard where the exposure Artoons, by Pablo Helguera, gathers critical but funny cartoons about the current art system. It is worthwhile to know that this exhibition will stay until the end of March at Casa Daros - it is a comedy!
Oh, and don’t forget to take a walk at Casa Daros Shop, it is definitely worth a visit: the staff is super friendly, plus it has a little of everything - I saw bottles, bags, postcards of the exhibition Artoons and also books on arts and even children fantasies! Anyway, what caught my attention was the childish side of the store, it is a very rich space for imagination and it enables children to start understanding and appreciating art - I saw some great books for children that only use their hands to draw, other books for children a little bigger that already uses pencil and so on. A good gift if you have any children around!
Before I left, I decided to visit the reading space, with books related to the exhibitions - like with examples of the exposure Artoons. It is a beautiful, quiet and cold space for those who need a break. But if the space isn’t enough, you still can take the elevator and get lost at the library, not because it is big – it isn’t -, but I think it is like a mother’s heart which always has space for one more. Once I arrived, the attendant girls asked if I wanted anything; I said no, that I was just visiting. The library was empty, with only two guys reading, one in the central space and the other in the space with separated small rooms. So if you need a quiet space to study in Botafogo, go directly to the library at Casa Daros! I liked it so much that at the exit she asked me if I wanted to sign up and I agreed!
Oh ... and on the side of the building, at Avenida Lauro Sodré, the way for people who comes from the malls, be sure to observe the side wall of the building. Even in these walls, there is an exhibition called “Vitrine Lugar das Dúvidas”, with five display windows that shows versions of articles or content linked to the space programming, almost like an announcement of what you'll find inside.
The Casa Daros also offers a brochure near the ticket office with the program and other flyers with the exhibits they are presenting. I advise that you take one as soon as you arrive, at least the brochure with the schedule - it will help you identify each of the spaces of Casa Daros and, moreover, where elevators for people with special needs are. There, you can also find information about specific programs and their schedules, like: the Programme for Families, with workshops and storytelling inspired by the exhibitions, geared for adults and children as young as three years, with duration of one hour, free on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays at 3pm and 5pm; and Participatory Meetings, public meetings to spontaneous and previously scheduled groups (schools , social organizations and others) played in the exhibitions for free (to groups) every Wednesday and Friday, at 10h30am and 2pm with 1 hour and a half of duration, requiring registration by e-mail, and for spontaneous public on Wednesdays and Saturdays, from 4pm to 5h30pm with passwords distributed 1 hour before the reception. There are also other meetings that you can see in the program itself.
I can say that I have already turned super fan of this space and I will come back whenever I can. To be fully honest, I already did with some friends on the last day of the exhibition Le Parc Lumière, so they could know this space so yummy.
Kiss kiss and great tour,
Tati.
Registration Form:
Site: Casa Daros
Visit’s Date: 05/02/2014
Adress: Rua General Severiano, 159, Botafogo.
Telephone: (21) 2138-0850
Directions: Using the subway, just get off at Botafogo station, or any bus that passes by Avenida Lauro Sodré (between Casa Daros and the malls Rio Sul and Casa & Gourmet) – there are many options, click here to find out more: english or spanish
Working Hours: Wednesday to Saturday, from 11am to 7pm; Sundays and holidays from 11am to 6pm; closed on Mondays and Tuesdays. The shop has the same working hours as the café. However, the restaurant works from Wednesday to Friday from 12pm to 10pm; Saturdays from 12pm to 7pm; and Sundays and holidays from 12pm to 6pm.
Guided Tour: don’t have.
Entry Price: R$ 12,00 for the main exhibition, the other exhibits are free. Half-price for students and seniors and free for children, public school teachers, school groups and social organizations, and members of Icom - you can know better on their website or at the front desk.
Toilets/drink water fountains: toilets and drink water fountains are available.
Cafe/Restaurant/Convenience Store: there is café, restaurant and shop – each very good! The café and the restaurant are called Mira! Don’t forget to visit the shop!
Accessibility: total! With lifts to all floors, when you get there, just go to the right and get the lift to move up to the main floor of the exhibitions.
Audio guide: none, but the expositions have explanations in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
Lockers and space for stroller: yes, at the entrance at the space.
Recommended duration of stay: hum…I stayed around 3 hours there, so I recommend about 2 hours.
Parking: there isn’t one, you can parking at the malls around like Rio Sul and Casa & Gourmet.
Camera: You can take pictures without flash.
Air Conditioning: yep, and works well.
