Schmitt-Presser Museum
Schmitt-Presser Museum
Schmitt-Presser Museum it was mansion built in the first half of the nineteenth century by German immigrant Johann Peter Schmitt in Hamburgo Velho district of Novo Hamburgo. It is one of the oldest examples of architecture exaimel in Rio Grande do Sul state. In 1974, the artist Ernesto Frederico Scheffel decided to take the first step of preserving the house and in 1981, was declared a public utility by the city and listed by IPHAN, four years later. In 1992, the building was opened to the public as House Community Museum Schmitt-Presser.[1]