National Museum Honestino Guimarães
The National Museum Honestino Guimarães is a Brazilian museum in Brasília. The name was given in memory Honestino Guimarães.
The museum, which has a dome shape, and the National Library Leonel de Moura Brizola, were designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and was inaugurated on 15 of December of 2006, on the day that the architect celebrated its 99 birthday.
The museum has an area of 14,500 square meters and was opened with an exhibition on the work of Niemeyer, "Niemeyer & Niemeyer and Brasília - World Heritage".
The museum and the library form the João Herculino Cultural Complex of the Republic.
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Honestino Guimarães
Honestino Monteiro Guimarães (Itaberaí - Goiás, March 28, 1947 - circa October 10, 1973) was a Brazilian student leader. The Geology student, was president of the Student Federation of the University of Brasilia (FEUB). Because of his activism in the student movement he was arrested four times. After his fourth arrest in 1973, he never returned. His death certificate was handed over his family in 1996, twenty three years later and was still incomplete: the cause of death was not in the document.
He was officially pardoned only on September 20, 2013, when also his death certificate was completed, making clear that his death was caused by acts of violence suffered while in custody of the Brazilian State.
The case Honestino was under investigation by the Brazilian Truth Commission, which investigates deaths and disappearances that occurred during the Brazilian military dictatorship.
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