Wood Museum
Since 1931.
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The Albert Löfgren State Park, known as the Horto Florestal or forest nursery, is a leisure and culture park in the north of São Paulo city, about 15 kilometres from the centre, at the foot of the Cantareira range and next to its state park. It was created by decree on 10 February 1896 on the initiative of the Swedish botanist Albert Löfgren, whose name it later took. It was the first protected area actually set up in the state, created on the land of the Pedra Branca sugar mill as a botanical garden, and it became the base of the state forest service, today's Forest Institute. Pines planted when it was founded still stand in its arboretum, and the Tropic of Capricorn passes through it, marked by a monument. It covers about 180 hectares, 35 of them open to the public, and draws some 720,000 visitors a year. It holds the Octávio Vecchi Forest Museum, or Wood Museum, opened in 1931 with the largest collection of different woods in Latin America, its floor and ceiling made of wood samples. There are also lakes, running tracks, sports courts and picnic areas, and the park opens daily from 6 am to 6 pm.
Since 1931.
A monument.
And old pines.
North São Paulo, at the foot of the Serra da Cantareira
It holds Latin America's largest collection of wood types, and its floor and ceiling are made of wood samples.