THE ART WE COULD NOT SAVE
On September 2, 2018, a fire spread through the National Museum of Brazil in Rio de Janeiro.
Founded in 1818, the institution held one of the most significant collections of natural history and cultural heritage in Latin America.
Its archives contained millions of objects: archaeological artifacts, scientific specimens, ethnographic materials, documents, and works of historical importance.
In a matter of hours, much of this accumulated knowledge was lost.
The museumβs collection represented more than objects. It embodied centuries of research, classification, and cultural memory.
The building could not preserve what it held.
Bitcoin cannot stop a fire. But it can give art, provenance, and cultural memory a permanent home.
Bitcoin Art Society exists to make sure the art of our time is not left as vulnerable as the art we could not save.