Historic and Geographic Institute of Alagoas

[2][3] The Institute houses the most representative iconographic and documental collection on the history of Alagoas, besides archeological and ethnographic sets, works of art, hemerotheca, library, and archive.

It keeps the Museum of the Historic and Geographic Institute of Alagoas, where part of the collection is permanently exhibited, and promotes colloquiums, courses and seminars, and holds regular musical presentations.

[4][2] At first, the IHGAL was installed in the Liceu Alagoano, the first official establishment of secondary education in Alagoas, founded in 1849.

It preserves pieces from the old sugar mills, documents and objects related to slavery, the abolitionist movement, and the Quilombo dos Palmares, belongings of Lampião and Maria Bonita, which are part of the Cangaço Cycle collection,[6] furniture and Masonic relics from the First Reign, and other items for private use that belonged to prominent personalities born in the state, such as Deodoro da Fonseca, Brazil's first president.

It also has a valuable collection of materials used in the Paraguayan War, as well as weapons from the Bandeirantes period, and Dutch, French and Portuguese cannons.