Museu Geológico Valdemar Lefèvre, Geological museum in Barra Funda district, São Paulo, Brazil.
The Museu Geológico Valdemar Lefèvre is a geological museum located in the Barra Funda district within Água Branca Park in São Paulo. It houses approximately 3,500 specimens of minerals, rocks, and fossils in a compact building space.
The museum was established in 1967 and preserves collections from the Geographic and Geological Commission of São Paulo, which operated from 1886 to 1931. This foundation shows how scientific work from an earlier era was eventually brought together into a public institution.
The museum demonstrates how people collect and preserve geological specimens, connecting visitors to the natural world through its displays. Special exhibitions during Environment Week show the ongoing relationship between science and public understanding of nature.
Plan your visit with enough time to explore the collections at a comfortable pace. The museum is located within Água Branca Park, so it works well to combine it with other activities in the park or nearby area.
The collection includes ancient fossils of single-celled algae from Itapeva that are more than 2.6 billion years old. These rarely seen specimens offer a glimpse into the earliest stages of life on Earth.
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