Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (MAST)

The Museum of Astronomy and Related Sciences (MAST) is a space of multiple activities: a federal public institution created in 1985, in Rio de Janeiro, works with the scientific and technological history of Brazil, at the same time that it promotes and studies the dissemination and science education.

As a Research Unit of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Innovations and Communications, MAST conducts academic studies in History of Science, Science Education and preservation of documentary and museum collections. In these areas, in addition to producing knowledge, it organizes congresses and seminars and prepares publications and databases.