Brazilian Museum of the Person
Institution: Brazilian Museum of the Person

The Museum of the Person, a virtual and collaborative museum dedicated to the recording, preservation and dissemination of life stories, turned 30 in 2022. To celebrate the date and also propose reflections on the importance of personal narratives in our society, the museum depositet part of its collection at the Arctic World Archive. Three projects was deposited that mark the beginning of the institution’s trajectory: “Inheritances and Memories”, “Memory and Migration” and “Oral Memory of the Elderly”. In total, there are 187 audio and video interviews and 915 images, collected between 1988 and 1992, representative of the museum’s history and Brazilian cultural diversity.

Read more about Brazilian Museum of the Person:

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Other collections

ESA's satellite data

European Space Agency (ESA)

ESA's satellite data

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European Space Agency (ESA)
Norwegian industry history

Tronrud Engineering

Norwegian industry history

Tronrud Engineering, one of the great stories of Norwegian industrial development, is depositing its core corporate history, centred around a...

Tronrud Engineering
The Guggenheim Bilbao Museum building.

Guggenheim Bilbao

Guggenheim Bilbao Architecture

From paper to permafrost: Guggenheim Bilbao's remarkable quest for design preservation. Explore the Arctic vault that guards their legacy.

Guggenheim Bilbao Architecture

Want to join a deposit on Svalbard?

To visit Svalbard is on many people's bucket list, and we recommend everyone who stores their precious memories in AWA to participate in a deposit ceremony.