POLISH - Muzeum Narodowe Etnologii - Nampula PORTUGUESE - Museu Nacional de Etnologia – Nampula ENGLISH - The National Museum of Ethnology – Namula Muzeum narodowe etnologii, jest instytucja publiczna o charakterze wiedzy i kultury sluzaca rozwojowi spoleczeñstwa. Inaugurowana przez szefa mêza stanu w rezimie kolonializmu, generala Craveiro Lopes, uroczystym popoludniem w sierpniu 1956 r. jako oryginalny projekt architekta Mario Oliveira, wykonany jako rozmaite metamorfozy Byl to postêp w kulturze, sztuce i wiedzy pomagajacy zyc ludziom, budowla imponujaca i elegancko skonstruowana, przez Comandante Eugenio Ferreira de Almeida z pomoca zarzadu miejskiego miasta Nampula oraz Antonio Enes (Dziœ Angoche). Administracja okrêgu, firmy glównej i kolonialnej, w taki sposób zalozyla muzeum otoczenia regionalnego, ilustrujacego incydenty kulturalne województwa Niassa, które zawieraly elementy mozambickiej kultury regionalnej województw Niassa, Cabo Delgado i Nampula. Na poczatku istnienia muzeum obejmowalo wiele sekcji, takich jak: historii, archeologii, numizmatyki, mineralogii, lowiectwa, równiez dzial etnografii, etnologii, paleontologii i sztuki. Projekty muzeum regionalnego obejmowaly czêsc pólnocna, centrum i poludnia Mozambiku, ale znaczacym konkretem bylo Muzeum Regionalne Pólnocy. Na zewnatrz funkcjonalnie zmienne, Muzeum Nampula, utrzymywalo wiele kolekcji, miescilo niektóre pamiatki geologiczne, jedynie z potrzeby o charakterze naukowym, które mogly byc umieszczone w jakiejkolwiek instytucji muzealnej. Po upadlosci czasu kolonializmu 25 czerwca 1975 roku, Muzeum w Nampula bylo zwiazane z Dyrekcja Narodowa Kultury. Ta zapowiedz byla jak posuwajacy i dynamiczny czas euforii rewolucyjnej. W czasie lat 70-80 –tych wzbogacila siê kolekcja subkultury Maconde. Dzielo ludzi Maconde, ze swym rozwojem w siedzibie artystycznej zdominowala muzeum. Z reszta, pewne eksponaty kolekcji, odzyskane w XX wieku, juz tworzyly czêsc spuscizny, która w tym muzeum zostala udostêpniona na nowo po otwarciu w sierpniu 1956 r. Czas letargu muzeum, sprzed odzyskania niepodleglosci minal, gdy muzeum funkcjonowalo sporadycznie, gdy ekspozycje nie byly zintegrowane z zadna aktywna instytucja kulturalna, co zakoñczylo siê publicznym zamkniêciem w 1981 r. Po odzyskaniu niepodlegloœci przez Mozambik dawne Muzeum Regionalne Comandante Ferreira de Almeida, sukcesywnie dzialalo pod opieka Ministerstwa Edukacji i Kultury – MEC, pod calkowitym patronatem Dyrekcji Narodowej ds. Kultury. Pózniejsze funkcjonowanie dyrygowane bylo przez Sekretariat Stanu ds. Kultury i w nieodleglym czasie polaczone odpowiedzialnoscia z Ministerstwem Kultury, Mlodziezy i Sportu. MUSET dzisiaj jest pod opieka Ministerstwa Kultury i oczekuje na gosci. ================================================================================ Museu Nacional de Etnologia – Nampula Museu Nacional de Etnologia, é uma instituição pública de carácter cultural e cientifico ao serviço da sociedade e do seu desenvolvimento. Tem a sua inauguração pelo Chefe de Estado do regime colonial, General Craveiro Lopes, numa tarde solene de Agosto de 1956, o projecto original do arquitecto Mário Oliveira já passou por um rosário de metamorfoses. Movido pelas manifestações de cultura, arte e ciência que ajudam o homem a viver, o Comandante Eugénio Ferreira de Almeida construiu um edifício imponente e elegante com o apoio dos municípios de Nampula e António Enes (Hoje Angoche), administrações de circunscrição, empresas particulares e colonos, e aí instalou um museu de âmbito regional, a ilustrar as diversas incidências culturais do então distrito do Niassa, que incluía as actuais províncias moçambicanas do Niassa, Cabo Delgado e Nampula. Inicialmente, o museu tinha varias secções; Historia, Arqueologia, Numismática, Mineralogia, e Cinegética, alem dos capítulos de Etnografia, Etnologia, Paleontologia e Pintura. Os projectos de museu regionais abrangiam o Norte, Centro e Sul de Moçambique, mas apenas concretizou o Museu Regional do Norte. Embora com um funcionamento inconstante, o Museu de Nampula continha varias colecções, incluindo algumas de geologias, apenas da carência de carácter científico de que se deve revestir qualquer instituição museológica. Com o ruir da era colonial a 25 de Junho de 1975, o Museu de Nampula foi integrado na Direcção Nacional de Cultura. Notou-se então uma certa reactivade e dinamismo próprios daqueles tempos da euforia revolucionária. Nessas alturas, ano 70- 80, foi recolhida a colecção de escultura maconde. A obra do homem maconde, com o seu desenvolvidíssimo sentido de arte, predomina no Museu. Aliás, algumas colecções, recolhidas na segunda metade do século XX, já faziam parte do património com que o Museu de Nampula abriu as suas portas em Agosto de 1956. Nesse tempo de letargia no período logo a seguir a Independência Nacional, o Museu passou a exibir no seu recinto apenas algumas exposições esporádicas que não se integravam numa actividade institucionalizada, acabando por encerrar ao publico 1981. Depois da Independência Nacional de Moçambique, o ex. Museu Regional Comandante Ferreira de Almeida trabalhou sucessivamente sob tutela do ministério da Educação e Cultura – MEC, integrado directamente sob o controlou da Direcção Nacional da Cultura. Depois passou a funcionar sob a batuta da então criada Secretaria de Estado da Cultura e há bem pouco tempo foi integrado na Ministério da Cultura, Juventude e Desportos. O MUSET é hoje tutelado pelo Ministério da Cultura e espera para os visitantes. ================================================================================ The National Museum of Ethnology – Namula The National Museum of Ethnology is a public institution, cultural and scientific in character, serving society and its development. Since being inaugurated late on the 23 rd of August 1956 by the then head of State of the colonial regime, General Craveiro Lopes, the original project by the architect Mário Oliveira has gone through several metamorphoses. Moved by the manifestations of culture, art and science that impart meaning to man’s live, Capitan Eugénio Ferreira de Almeida built an imposing and elegant building with the support of the municipalities of Nampula and António Enes (today Angoche), district administrations, private and colonial farming companies, and therein a Museum of regional scope that served as a mirror of the diverse cultural incidences of the then district of Niassa, which included the nowadays Mozambican provinces of Niassa, Cabo Delgado and Nampula. Initially the Museum had several sections, such as History, Archaeology, Numismatic, Mineralogy, and Hunting, plus Ethnography, Ethnology, Paleontology and Art Chapters. The regional Museums of Ethnology project covered the North, Centre and South of Mozambique. The regional Museum in the north of the country was the only that materialized. Notwithstanding an inconstant functioning, the Museum of Nampula held various collections, including some in geology, despite the absence f a deeper scientific Character which any such institution should have. With the end of the colonial era on the 25th of June 1975, the Museum of Nampula was integrated in the Board of National Culture. One notices then a certain reactive and dynamism typical of those times of revolutionary euphoria. During the 70’s - 80’s the Maconde sculpture collections was recovered. The work of the Mconde man, who has an extremely developed art streak, can be found throughout the museum. Actually, some collections, recovered in the second half of the 20th Century are part of a patrimony with which the museum opened its doors in August 1956. In that time of lethargy in the period right after Independence, the museum started exhibiting only some sporadic exhibitions that didn’t integrate into any institutionalized activity, ending up closing its doors to the public in 1981. Following the Independence of Mozambique, the former Comandante Ferreira de Almeida Regional Museum worked progressively under the guardianship of the Ministry of Educations and Culture – MEC, controlled directly by the National Board of Culture. In then started to work under the newly created State Secretary of Culture and quite recently became a part of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports. Today the MUSET is under the Ministry of Culture and wait for you.