Meanwhile D.Joãozinho d'Orléans-Bragança criticized the fact that the last governments both from the right and the left have cut their investments on Culture.
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http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/videos/internacional/brasil-tetraneto-de-pedro-i-vai-doar-patrimonio-a-futuro-museu-nacional/5b8ed60e0cf22e5fe074c9bd
After visiting the ruins of the Museum, D.Joãozinho said he was "schocked, saddened and with anger" and told he would lend some of the most important family historical objects to help to rebuild the institution, among which, the desk wher Princess Isabel signed the Lei Áurea, the law that abolished slavery in Brazil.
https://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/d-joaozinho-oferece-quadros-de-d-pedro-ii-para-ajudar-a-reerguer-o-museu-nacional-9798633.html
Some photos of the disaster - on pic 29, the famous meteor that survived.
There were huge demonstrations against the late governments cuts on the budget for Culture.
http://www.tvi24.iol.pt/internacional/incendios/brasil-manifestacao-e-confrontos-com-a-policia-no-museu-nacional
HRH the Duke of Bragança also expressed his schock with the loss of more than 90% of the museum's collection and said it was a part of the Portuguese History in Brazil that was lost, remembering the contribution of his ancestor D.João VI who set the foundation of the Museum and D.Pedro II who collected many brazilian-indian artefacts.
https://www.dn.pt/mundo/interior/d-duarte-perdeu-se-uma-parte-da-historia-de-portugal-no-brasil-9797685.html
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