Museu Paulista

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Museu Paulista

Established	1890
Location	Ipiranga district, São Paulo, Brazil
Type	History and art museum
Director	Cecilia Helena Lorenzini de Salles Oliveira
Curator	Vânia Carneiro de Carvalho
Website	http://www.mp.usp.br

The garden inspired by the baroque French formal gardens

The Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo (commonly known by Brazilians as Museu do Ipiranga) is a Brazilian history museum located near to where Emperor D. Pedro I proclaimed the Brazilian independence on the bank of Ipiranga River in the city of São Paulo. It contains a huge collection of furniture, documents and historically relevant artwork, especially relating to the Brazilian Empire era.

The most famous work of art in the collection is the 1888 painting Independência ou Morte (Independence or Death) by Pedro Américo.

A few months after the Brazilian Declaration of Independence, people started to suggest a monument on the site where the declaration took place, although they were not sure of what kind of monument would be the best suited. In 1884 the project was accepted from the Italian architect Tommaso Gaudenzio Bezzi, who chose a monumental building with eclectic style.