Villa-Lobos Museum

The Villa-Lobos Museum (Portuguese: Museu Villa-Lobos) is a museum in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, that is dedicated to exhibiting artifacts related to the composer Heitor Villa-Lobos.

Villa-Lobos Museum
Established1960
LocationRio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates22.951870°S 43.190553°W / -22.951870; -43.190553
Websitemuseuvillalobos.museus.gov.br

History

In 1960, the museum was founded by Arminda Neves d'Almeida, Heitor Villa-Lobos's second wife, who directed the museum for 24 years. The 19th-century building that houses it is listed by the National Institute of Historic and Artistic Heritage.[1] The museum occasionally hosts concerts.[2] In 2019, the museum digitized a collection of photographs it contained, in partnership with Instituto Brasileiro de Museus and Federal University of Goiás.[3] In 2020, it launched a virtual exhibition titled "Native Brazilian Music" containing 50 photographs and audio recordings of Brazilian songs, as well as photographs of musicians in recordings.[4] It was shown at Google Arts & Culture where letters between Leopold Stokowski and Villa-Lobos were shown as well as newspaper clippings.[5] In June 2021, the museum launched a virtual exhibition titled "Memórias de Arminda" about the life of Arminda Neves, which included an adapted version of Google Street View.[6]

Collections

The museum has a collection of objects and documents about the life and work of Heitor Villa-Lobos;[7] a collection of musical instruments, books and scores;[2] recordings and tapes;[8] and a collection of conducting batons.[9]

References
  1. "Museu Villa-Lobos". Empresa Brasil de Comunicação (in Portuguese). 2015-03-07. Retrieved 2021-10-12.
  2. Robinson, Gardenia; Robinson, Alex (2014-02-10). Brazil Footprint Handbook. Footprint Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-907263-87-3.
  3. Aragão, Helena (2019-11-17). "Feitiço do Villa-Lobos segue forte com acervo on-line e biografia". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  4. Oliveira, Luccas (2020-05-24). "'Native Brazilian music': Museu Villa-Lobos promove exposição virtual sobre obra histórica da nossa música". O Globo (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  5. "Museu Villa-Lobos digital: Lançamento na plataforma Google Arts & Culture". Revista Museu. 2020-05-22. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  6. Costa, Claudia (2021-06-18). "Museu Villa-Lobos celebra 60 anos com programação virtual". Ideia Delas (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  7. "El Museo Villa-Lobos en Brasil pone a disposición su colección en línea". Ibermuseos (in European Spanish). 2019-10-18. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  8. Adès, Harry (2004). The Rough Guide to South America. Rough Guides. ISBN 978-1-85828-907-6.
  9. Fodor's Rio de Janeiro & Sao Paulo. Fodor's Travel. 2015-11-24. ISBN 978-1-101-87901-6.
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