This essay peers into the knowledge about Museu Paulista, in its two buildings, in São Paulo and Itu: what is it in our days; how it was created and transformed into a History museum; the historical contents shown within its walls as a materialized past; the historical, national and international contexts, which are not cited; the actual social demands and the need of a project for the future.
Museu Paulista; History; Historiography analysis