Station building
Antarctic replica.
Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Eugenio Hansen, OFS — CC BY-SA 3.0
The Antarctic Museum is a science museum in Rio Grande, part of the museum complex of the Federal University of Rio Grande, which also includes the Oceanographic Museum, the Nautical Museum and the Eco-Museum on Pólvora Island. It was founded by the oceanographer Lauro Barcellos, and its creation was tied to the Brazilian Antarctic Programme. The building reproduces the first installations of Brazil's Comandante Ferraz Antarctic Station and opened on 7 January 1997. Its collection of panels, photographs, equipment and objects used by Brazilian scientists tells the story of the exploration of the frozen continent, the dynamics of the seas and life at the South Pole, and Brazil's effort to keep a base in such a hostile place. It also shows geological and biological samples from Antarctica; as its founder puts it, the idea is to show how close the continent is to us, and that understanding what happens there helps explain our own climate. It closed during the pandemic and reopened in November 2021; combine it with the nearby Oceanographic Museum.
Antarctic replica.
Exploration story.
Rocks and life.
Rua Capitão-Tenente Heitor Perdigão 10, Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul
The university is tied to Brazil's Antarctic Programme and ocean research.