Museum of the Portuguese Language, Language museum in Luz Station, São Paulo, Brazil
The Museum of the Portuguese Language sits inside an early 20th-century railway station and covers three floors with multimedia installations. The rooms are arranged around a central hall with large projection surfaces and sound systems.
The venue opened in 2006 inside the historic Luz railway building, which has been in operation since 1901. After a fire in 2015, the institution remained closed for five years and was rebuilt with new safety systems.
The building takes its name from the Portuguese language, which is presented here in all its Brazilian variants. Visitors can compare regional accents and speech patterns from different parts of the country at listening stations.
The museum sits right next to Luz metro station and is reachable by several bus and train lines. Weekends work especially well for a visit, as the institution has extended hours then.
A large screen on the ceiling shows words that move constantly and form new meanings. The room below is darkened so the projections become especially visible.
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