The Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden holds an important treasure of folk art, the Nativity of Pipiripau. Created during the 20th century, the craftsman Raimundo Machado, synchronizes 586 figures, distributed in 45 scenes, which tell the story of life and death of Jesus, mixed with its variety of arts and crafts. With 600,000 sq. m. of green area, the UFMG Museum of Natural History and Botanic Garden (MHN-JB) is a privileged ecological space that enables visitors to experience nature in a rich, multidisciplinary way. For 30 years, the mission of the MHN-JB has been to do research, to educate, and to meet the community's demand for service. It covers the areas of anthropology, archeology, Environmental Education, Natural History, Mineralogy, and Paleontology. It has an Ecological Amphitheater, a Free Art atelier, a greenhouse, and an Interactive Room. One of its traditional exhibitions is the Pipiripau Nativity Crèche.
the natural history museum and botanical garden holds an important treasure of folk art the nativity of pipiripau created during the 20th century the craftsman raimundo machado synchronizes 586 figures distributed in 45 scenes which tell the story of life and death of jesus mixed with its variety of arts and crafts with 600000 sq m of green area the ufmg museum of natural history and botanic garden (mhn-jb) is a privileged ecological space that enables visitors to experience nature in a rich multidisciplinary way for 30 years the mission of the mhn-jb has been to do research to educate and to meet the community's demand for service it covers the areas of anthropology archeology environmental education natural history mineralogy and paleontology it has an ecological amphitheater a free art atelier a greenhouse and an interactive room one of its traditional exhibitions is the pipiripau nativity crèche