Santos Dumont Collection

The collection includes several types of material, including texts, objects and iconographies of the Brazilian inventor, in particular 323 images about the aeronautical trajectory of Santos Dumont.

[4] The collection includes prominent items, including: fotopintura Full-size portrait of Santos Dumont [pt], by Giovanni Sarracino [pt],[5] and the short film Santos Dumont Explaining His Air Ship to the Hon.

Rolls, produced by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.

[4] At the time, the French museum organized an exhibition entitled "I Navigated through the Air", composed of objects, textual and iconographic documents of Santos Dumont.

[4] The exhibition was an initiative of the Ministry of Aeronautics as part of the celebrations of the Year of France in Brazil [pt].