Military Police Museum of the State of São Paulo
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The Museum of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo (Portuguese: Museu da Polícia Militar do Estado de São Paulo) is the museum responsible for the conservation, study, and exhibition of the material heritage related to the history and memory of the Military Police of the State of São Paulo (PMESP) and the corporations that preceded it. It was founded by Professor Vinício Stein Campos on 11 August 1958, as a historical and pedagogical museum, and has been linked to the Secretariat of Public Security of the State of São Paulo since 1976. It is located in the district of Bom Retiro, in São Paulo's capital, in the former headquarters of the Military Hospital of the Public Forces, a building designed by Ramos de Azevedo in 1896.
The museum has a collection of approximately 10,000 items, including collections of uniforms, badges, weapons, medals, furniture, vehicles, and campaign materials, as well as objects related to the 1932 Constitutionalist Revolution. It maintains a library with approximately 8,000 titles and the Historical Archive of the Military Police Museum, both available for consultation.
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