The guided tour Gender, object, and representation This exhibition reflects on how objects, images, and spaces help construct the roles assigned to men and women throughout history. The journey begins with the exhibitions "Houses and Things" and "A History of Brazil" to discuss how colors, materials, decorations, and functions were associated with the feminine and the masculine between the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Throughout the activity, the public is invited to reflect on how domestic and public spaces can reinforce inequalities. In the "Houses and Things" exhibition, the visit analyzes objects such as vases, photo albums, locks of hair, pens, inkwells, irons, and household furniture. These items help to discuss how the home was seen as a space for care, family memory, and women's work, while the office, politics, and public life were more associated with men.
In the Main Hall, the tour analyzes paintings such as "Independence or Death!", by Pedro Américo, and portraits of Maria Leopoldina of Austria and Maria Quitéria. The aim is to observe how historical painting placed men at the center of the narrative and how women were represented as mothers, heroines, or secondary figures. The tour also presents other ways of looking at these figures, considering their political actions and trajectories.
In the end, the visit encourages reflection on the present. The public is invited to consider which objects, images, and practices still carry historically constructed gender expectations, and how these ideas can be questioned and transformed.
Guided tour in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language)
Dates and timesSundays, from June 7th to 28th | 2:30 PM
Meeting pointReception area, next to the ticket office.
Password withdrawalStarting at 2:20 PM with the Education team.
Duration1 hour
Job openings20 people per visit
This activity is free, but a ticket is required for entry to the Museum.
