2 p.m.
Rethink historical past
Based on conventional accounts, the soon-to-be-emperor Dom Pedro declared Brazilian independence beside the Ipiranga River on Sept. 7, 1822. A palace-like monument, constructed to commemorate the second, finally grew to become the Ipiranga Museum. The museum closed in 2013 for repairs and simply reopened on Brazil’s bicentennial (Sept. 7). The displays are sometimes contrarian, taking a sharply vital view of the way in which historical past is historically taught, all the way down to the reason of the Nineteenth-century painter Pedro Américo’s room-size portray “Independence or Demise,” which depicts the second when Dom Pedro, on horseback, declared independence from Portugal. Displays vary from home items and historic pictures to a sound-and-light present projected onto a scale mannequin reproduction of São Paulo in 1841. Free entry till Dec. 6, then 30 reais.
