askticcitoby:

The world should be weeping today, such a loss of history is not only a disgrace for the people of Brazil, but should be a wake-up call for every country and every museum. Your government funding should be focused on preserving your future in order to help a future generation understand and connect to its ancestors, not war, not frivolous things that won’t matter 20 years from now. The fact that it took so long for people to rush to the museum is immoral. While replicas can be made, they will never come close to the true meaning, spirit, and reality that was held within each and every one of those objects.