Summary - TST 19

TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES


TST 19

Eduardo Romero de Oliveira
Museus ferroviários do Estado de São Paulo (Brasil): as políticas de conservação e o estado atual do patrimônio ferroviário brasileiro

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Key Words: Railways; Archives; Industrial Heritage; Administrative organization; Museums.

[ Abstract ]

This article presents three examples of railroad industrial museums within the State of São Paulo (Brazil), their collections and the preservation actions carried out within the last few years. The following institutions have been object of our current research: Museu da Companhia Paulista (São Paulo State Company Museum), Centro de Documentação da RFFSA/Bauru (RFFSA/Bauru Documentation Center) and Museu Ferroviário de Sorocaba (Sorocaba Railroad Museum). All of these museums are in old areas of railroad activities, with different preservation problems (installations, collections, visitation). Our aim is to show, on the one hand, the current status of the railroad heritage that comprises the collection of those museums; and, on the other hand, to comprehend the nature of the cultural policy actions in those cities and the characteristics of the museums therein. We carried out a historical research on the museum creation; we interviewed those responsible for the institutions concerning the projects and aims of the museums, the exhibition proposals and educational activities.