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| Established | September 7, 1895 |
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| Location | Ipiranga, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 23°35′08″S 46°36′35″W / 23.585608°S 46.609678°W |
| Type | History and art museum |
| Director | Rosaria Ono |
| Curator | Paulo Garcez |
| Public transit access |   Alto do Ipiranga   Ipiranga |
| Website | museudoipiranga |
The Museu Paulista of the University of São Paulo, commonly known as Museu do Ipiranga, is a Brazilian history museum located near the place where Emperor Pedro I proclaimed Brazil's independence on the banks of Ipiranga brook in the Southeast region of the city of São Paulo, then the "Caminho do Mar," or road to the seashore. It contains a huge collection of furniture, documents and historically relevant artwork, especially relating to the Brazilian Empire era.[1]
The most famous artwork 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 about what sort of memorial construction to build. In 1884, Italian architect Tommaso Gaudenzio Bezzi, who was hired to develop the project, chose to build an eclectic-styled building similar to the French Palace of Versailles with impressive and perfectly manicured gardens and fountain.
The museum closed in August 2013 for extensive restoration and modernisation. In September 2022, it re-opened to the public.[2][3]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
o2002was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Fechado ao público, Museu do Ipiranga será reaberto só em 2022". São Paulo (in Brazilian Portuguese). 7 September 2014.
- ^ "Museu do Ipiranga é reinaugurado oficialmente em SP para autoridades e patrocinadores". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). Retrieved 2022-09-20.