Diagnóstico e exercício de documentação de obras de arte Expostas no palácio da cidade, sede da prefeitura municipal de Teresina, Piauí

Abstract

This research is part of the field of the studies and interventions of museological documentation and collections management, being linked with the main scope from Master’s in Arts, Heritage and Museology, from Universidade Federal do Delta do Parnaíba. The purpose of this paper was to diagnose and carry out a documentation exercise from the body of art exhibited at Palácio da Cidade in Teresina’s City Hall in Piauí State, in order to develop actions aimed at the management of these works so they do not get lost. It was also part of this work to call the municipal’s attention to the importance of the works that constitute a public institution’s collection, for which a management dissemination and safeguard project must be establish. Interviews with servants, ex-servants and artists, were sources for this paper along with documents, scientific articles, theses, dissertations, books, legislation and websites. It was also applied collection management techniques, documentation and collections’ diagnostics, creating a cataloging sheet for each work individually and numbering with these data, a virtual catalog was proposed in order to disseminate the collected information. It was understood that the diagnoses and documentation applied at Palácio da Cidade Collection was an important tool to improve the collections manage. It contributed to its safeguard allowing us to dialog with managers about the faced challenges, such as the absence of specialized staff and a museologist to correctly manage this collection, like the others from Teresina.