The Museu Nacional is part of the Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro). It houses the most important Egyptian collection of Latin America – not only due to its size, but also due to the uniqueness of some of its objects.
It is possible to conduct Egyptological research at the Museu Nacional through the Graduate Program in Archaeology. SEMNA is organized by MA and PhD students of this department, supervised by Prof. Dr. Antonio Brancaglion Jr., coordinator of the Egyptological Laboratory and curator of the Museu Nacional’s Egyptian collection.
(The old imperial palace and current Museu Nacional)
To learn how to reach the Museu Nacional, check Google maps. More information about the Museu can be found in: http://www.museunacional.ufrj.br/.
This year of 2018 the SEMNA will be held in the Library of the Botanical Garden of the National Museum, building attached to the National Museum. To get to the event, see here.