The house of, historical property in Diamantina (MG) where the president of Brazil from 1956 to 1961 has spent childhood and adolescence, completes four decades as a museum and faces conservation problems.
Pau Construction The pique erected more than a hundred years ago, the colonial style residence underwent a wide renovation in 1985 and opened to the public, with a collection on September 12 of that year, JK’s birthday.
Located at the center of The Space gathers much of the library that belonged to the Minas Gerais politician, as well as photos, manuscripts and personal items, such as the doctor’s apron, a profession he exercised from the 1920s to the 1940s.
The project was an initiative by Serafim Jardim, an advisor to the former president in his last nine years of life-then governor of, expropriated the house in 1983 and gave it to a lending contract to the non-profit entity directed by Serafim.
In the wooden structure that supports the roof of the house, at least two beams are deteriorated, one of them in advanced process of rotting.
The small room used by JK from 3 to 19 is reasonably well maintained, unlike the next room, where you can see a crack of at least two meters long, on the wall and ceiling.
In 1994, an annex was built on land in the back of the house. One of the rooms of the Annex reconstructs Juscelino’s office, which exposes, among other curiosities, an anesthesia apparatus of the 1930s. On the other hand, it draws attention to the infiltration that dominates one of the walls of space.
Infiltrations also bump into another room of the Annex, which he honored, with whom JK married in 1931, and in one of the walls of the place.
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The entity that manages the house raises from R $ 18 thousand to R $ 20 thousand per month, according to Serafim. There are only two sources of income: ticket sales – entry costs $ 20, and students from Diamantina do not pay – and donations, especially two individuals who donate regularly.
The money obtained is used to pay the three employees, in addition to taxes, according to the director. There is no budget for repair works. “We come to a point that no longer gives,” laments Serafim, about to turn 90.
Unlike previous state management, the Government) has not made transfers to the house, according to the director. Also according to him, the mayor of Diamantina, Geferson Giordani Burgarelli (MDB), “studies a way to help the home.”
The federal deputies and both from PSDB Mineiro, also “are willing to help me,” says Serafim.
In a note sent to the report, the State Secretariat of Culture and Tourism states that the House “has, since 2018, pending accounts on the transfers made by the Government of Minas Gerais in previous years”.
“Due to this default, the entity is currently prevented from receiving new resources through the Minas Gerais Integrated Financial Administration System (SIAFI-MG), according to current legal and normative determinations,” adds the folder.
“I have all accountability documents,” says Serafim.
The City Hall’s advisory confirms that it intends to contribute to the maintenance of space through a cooperation term. He says awaiting the sending of some documents, such as the entity’s statute, to sign an agreement.
Aécio is “committed to seeking a way to contribute to the maintenance of the activities” of the house and “still studies the alternatives so that this can occur as soon as possible,” according to the parliamentary’s office.
Abi-Akel’s office says the deputy “will help [a casa]mobilizing friends and partners of the private initiative “.
