Bahia Museum of Art
Art museum in Salvador, Brazil From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Bahia Museum of Art (Portuguese: Museu de Arte da Bahia) is a museum located in Salvador de Bahia, Brazil. This museum is one of the oldest museums in the State of Bahia.[1]
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| Established | July 23, 1918 |
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| Location | Salvador, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 12.993657°S 38.525977°W |
| Type | Art museum |
The museum was created to preserve the historical and ethnographic heritage of Salvador de Bahia, over time, the museum focused on expanding its catalog of collections in the arts.[2] The museum was founded in 1918. In 1982, the museum moved to the Vitória Palace.[1] The Vitória Palace was formerly used as the headquarters of the Secretary of Education.[3] In 2019, the museum was awarded the medal "Diploma and Medal for Museological Merit" by the Brazilian Regional Museology Council.[4] In 2020, the museum joined the Google Arts & Culture platform, in which an adapted version of Google Street View was added to the museum's interior.[5]
The museum has 5,000 works of art including religious sculptures, paintings, ceramics, photographs, documents and glass art. The museum contains pieces of decorative arts of Brazilian, Oriental and European origin.[1] The museum includes works of art by brazilian artists José Teófilo de Jesus, José Joaquim da Rocha, Alberto Valença, Mendonça Filho and Presciliano Silva.[6] The museum has a library with 12,000 books as well as plastic arts exhibits.[7] The museum also houses collections of the historian Góis Calmon.[8] Among the museum's collections are 19th century tiles and various antiques.[9] In 2017, the museum organized an exhibition of Judite Pimentel's artwork.[10] The museum also has a collection of statues made of marble.[11]
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