A fire swept through the National Museum of Brazil on Sunday evening. The museum included ancient Egyptian artefacts and Greco-Roman art.
President Michel Temer echoed others’ sentiments, calling it “a sad day for all Brazilians” who have watched “200 years of work, investigation and & knowledge” lost.
There was anger from museum employees, who blamed budget cuts and a lack of support.
Al Jazeera’s Natasha Ghoneim has more.
