The Instituto Geográfico e Histórico da Bahia (IGHB — Geographical and Historical Institute of Bahia), was founded in 1894 in the north-east of Brazil. Its collection was amassed through donations from members and other interested parties, and the museum was comprised of a regional fauna section and a natural products exhibit. The objective of this Institute was to become a research centre, equating Bahia with modernizing republican initiatives and ideals of civilization. This article evaluates the contribution of collective donation with analysis of the survey results from the donation lists published in the Institute's periodical from 1894 to 1927. Although the plans were to create a museum structured like a natural history museum similar to the Rio de Janeiro National Museum, the donation of objects established an eclectic collection that represented the history of Bahia in its specificities. The Institute's emergent acquisition strategy led to the museum becoming something like a centre of regional significance with regional heroes building the path to good citizenship. Natural history, in this civic environment, was relegated to second place.

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巴西方舟：巴伊亚地理与历史学院博物馆（1894–1927）

Instituto Geográfico e Histórico da Bahia（IGHB — 巴伊亚地理和历史研究所）成立于 1894 年，位于巴西东北部。它的藏品是通过会员和其他相关方的捐赠积累的，博物馆由区域动物区系和天然产品展览组成。该研究所的目标是成为一个研究中心，将巴伊亚与现代化的共和主义倡议和文明理想等同起来。本文通过对 1894 年至 1927 年研究所期刊发表的捐赠清单的调查结果进行分析，评估集体捐赠的贡献。 尽管计划创建一个类似于里约热内卢国家博物馆的自然历史博物馆结构, 物品的捐赠建立了一个不拘一格的收藏，代表了巴伊亚历史的特殊性。研究所的紧急收购战略使博物馆成为具有地区意义的中心，地区英雄正在为良好的公民建立道路。在这种公民环境中，自然历史被降为第二位。