Santos Dumont Collection
The Santos Dumont Collection, also known as Alberto Santos Dumont Collection, is a collection of about 1,500 items linked to Santos Dumont, under the guard of the Museu Paulista. 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. It is one of the best known funds of at least 123 that make up the Coleção do Museu Paulista. The collection was donated by the family after the inventor's death in 1932.
The collection includes prominent items, including: fotopintura Full-size portrait of Santos Dumont, by Giovanni Sarracino, and the short film Santos Dumont Explaining His Air Ship to the Hon. C.S. Rolls, produced by American Mutoscope and Biograph Company.
