Museum of the Santa Catarina School

O Museum of the Santa Catarina School started its activities on November 16, 1992, but the building is much older and was originally built, in 1924, to house the Santa Catarina Normal School, in existence since 1892. Escola Normal was one of the first four vocational education establishments in Florianópolis, together with the Liceu de Artes e Ofícios and the schools of Santa Catarina and Coração de Jesus. The establishment mainly served students from social groups with lower purchasing power.

From 1964, the building began to house the Faculty of Education - FAED, linked to the then University for the Development of the State of Santa Catarina – UDESC (today University of the State of Santa Catarina), with the Pedagogy course. later called Center for Education Sciences, FAED It also started offering courses in Librarianship, Geography and History. In 2007, the Center was transferred to Campus I of UDESC, in Itacorubi, and the building became the headquarters of the Museu da Escola Catarinense.

The Museum's space is wide and includes a cultural center that can house exhibitions of plastic arts and other natures, courses, scenic and musical presentations, as well as cultural events in a broad way, in addition to housing environments and objects of great relevance to the history of Santa Catarina.

Among the main items in the collection are the reproduction of classrooms from the period between 1932 and 1954, the collection "Toys of my childhood" by Aldo Nunes, furniture belonging to Professor Antonieta de Barros and wooden panels belonging to the former Academia de Comércio.

In October 2013, the building underwent some renovations and hosted an edition of Mostra Casa Nova, focused on the interior architecture and decoration segment.