Circuito Liberdade hosts the 24th National Museum Week
With the theme "Museums: uniting a divided world", the event has significant participation from members of the complex, with more than 40 activities running from today (May 18) to Sunday (May 24).
Organized annually by the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram), the National Museum Week reaches its 24th edition with the theme "Museums: uniting a divided world". With over 40 activities distributed throughout the spaces that make up the Circuito Liberdade (Freedom Circuit), the event begins this Monday (May 18th) and continues until Sunday (May 24th). Exhibitions, workshops, educational activities, guided tours, lectures, and roundtables make up the program, which is all free and can be accessed on the portal circuitoliberdade.com.br and on the website visite.museus.gov.br.
The 2026 edition of the National Museum Week focuses on the potential that museum and cultural institutions have to raise awareness and propose reflections on the social and political crises of the contemporary world. In a context marked by persistent inequalities, conflicts, and disputes over narratives, these institutions appear as active agents in the construction of a more just and democratic society.
Celebrating the theme, on Saturday (May 23rd), Circuito Liberdade will hold the first edition of “Curto Circuito”, a project that will bring artistic and cultural activities to the Circuito Liberdade territory, located within the perimeter of Avenida do Contorno. In this first edition, educational programs from various participants will be held at Parque Municipal, from 9 am to 5 pm.
Highlight — The program features the meeting “Museology in Focus”, with the Ukrainian art educator and visual artist Yulia Mysko, who has been working since 2012 on cultural bridges with Brazil and maintains a painting studio in the Belo Horizonte neighborhood of Santa Tereza. The activity is promoted by SESI Museums of Art and Crafts and addresses the challenges of preserving heritage in war contexts, highlighting the role of museums as spaces of resistance, memory, and intercultural dialogue. The event will have sign language interpreters and will take place on Thursday (May 21st), from 7:30 pm to 9 pm. Register here.
Adults and children — At the Banco do Brasil Cultural Center (CCBB-BH), dozens of activities reach all audiences. A highlight is the training program “Group Theatre in the Amazon: Poetics, Processes and Sustainability,” which offers an immersion in theatrical creative processes based on the experience of the BuiaTeatro group in the Amazon. Led by director, playwright, and producer Tércio Silva, founder of the company, the training takes place on Friday (May 22nd), from 2 pm to 5 pm. For children, the educational activity “Trololó” circulates through the museum building, also reactivating the memory of parents by introducing children to traditional games, songs, and popular games. The activity takes place on Saturday and Sunday (May 23rd and 24th), at 3:45 pm.
Dialogue with other peoples and knowledge — At the Center for Popular Art, the exhibition “The Jequitinhonha that Lives Within Me” presents embroideries by Aline Gomez Ruas that portray her daily life in the Jequitinhonha Valley. Her work is a mixture of affectionate memories and a record of expressions of popular culture. Open from Thursday (May 21st) at 7 pm, the exhibition will run until July 26th. Meanwhile, at the UFMG Knowledge Space, the search for the knowledge of other peoples involves, in addition to a change in space, a significant step back in time. The planetarium sessions “星官: The Moon and the Chinese Celestial Kingdom” and “Mayan Archaeoastronomy” investigate how these peoples interacted with the cosmos. The activities will take place on Thursday (May 21st) and Saturday (May 23rd), respectively, from 4 pm to 4:30 pm.
