Palm trees
Açaí palms, tucumãs, bacabas, peach-palms… every Amazonian appreciates the value of a palm tree. A year-round source of food, their leaves are used for roof building, basketry, and other crafts
Observation tower
A 42-meter tower We have built a tower, as one builds a temple, to appreciate and celebrate the forest. A primeval forest reserve, the Ducke Forest Reserve stretches over 100 km2 in the outskirts of Manaus. A 10 thousand-year history. The 242 steps that take us to the canopy are worth climbing. Slowly. At dawn, around […]
Statute
SOCIAL STATUTE FOR THE MUSEUM OF THE AMAZON – MUSA TITLE I – ABOUT THE INSTITUTION CHAPTER I – ABOUT ITS NAME, DURATION, AND HEADQUARTERS Article 1. The Museum of the Amazon – MUSA –, a civil, private law, nonprofit, secular organization, hereinafter referred to as MUSA, founded on 01/22/2009 and registered under no. 23,667, book […]
About the museum
We are a house of culture and science, of relationships and the celebration of diverse beings in the world. A place where humans and non-humans live happily together.
Musa sits on a 100-hectare (1 km2) area at the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, belonging to the Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia [National Institute for Amazonia Research] – INPA, in Manaus, a native dryland forest area that has been passionately studied for the last 60 years. The results of this research, compiled in catalogs that broach topics such as plants, birds and frogs, tell what Musa wants to show visitors.
Diadoe • Origin of the matapi and of the pirarucu and traíras
Paintings by Feliciano Lana Text based on narratives by Feliciano Lana, Desana from São João Feliciano Azevedo, Tukano from São José Miguel Azevedo, Tukano from São José . The man in this story was Muhipu, the Person-Star. Others say he was a powerful god. He lived at the Uaupés River, beyond the Jutica community. Every […]
Kamaueni • Origin of the aracu-de-pau and other fish
Paintings by Feliciano Lana Text based on narratives by Guilherme Pimentel Tenório, Tuyuka from São Pedro Higino Pimentel Tenório, Tuyuka from São Pedro When the Tuyuka arrived at the Tiquié River, six generations ago, they did not know the origin of the fish. They only knew that some were not good for people, for their minds. They […]
Tambaqui EN
Ordem Characiformes Família Characidae Subfamília Serrasalminae Espécie Colossoma macropomum Alimentação Frutos, sementes, plantas e zooplâncton Reprodução Em rios de águas barrentas, cada fêmea pode liberar mais de um milhão de ovos na desova, que depois de fertilizados ficam à deriva. As larvas se desenvolvem na várzea. Tamanho Até 1 metro de comprimento e mais de 30 […]