Last Saturday (23), Flamengo's Historical Heritage Department held two important events for the month of September. The first was a workshop open to the public in honor of Blue September and was led by deaf educator Ulrich Palhares, from the Flamengo Museum's Education Department. The department welcomed 20 deaf people who attended a lecture on the work and experience of being a cultural educator in the sports context, which welcomes the deaf community, and an educational tour in Libras through the Flamengo Museum. Participants received snacks and were able to learn more about the history of the Most Beloved, take a photo with a trophy, and see in practice the accessibility and opportunities that the Club offers to the deaf community.

According to Ulrich, "This celebration of International Sign Language Day is important, inviting deaf Flamengo fans to learn about Clube de Regatas do Flamengo and its history through the Museum. The deaf Flamengo fans loved the Flamengo history lesson, with plenty of communication in Libras and plenty of emotion as they presented photos of deaf communities, especially the National Institute for the Education of the Deaf (INES)."

At the same time, activities were also taking place related to the 17th Spring of Museums, an event promoted by the Brazilian Institute of Museums (Ibram), which had as its theme "Memories and democracy: LGBT+ people, quilombolas and indigenous people", with the aim of highlighting the role of museums in promoting social inclusion and diversity.

The Flamengo Historical Heritage Department signed up for the event and, along with the Education team, conducted an educational tour of the Flamengo Museum, highlighting the institution's representations that contextualize the theme of the 17th Spring of Museums. The participating groups came from two different institutions: the first was the NGO Casinha, which has existed for six years and aims to support vulnerable LGBTQIAPN+ people; the second was the Coordination of Women's Policies and Rights (CODIM), which has existed for 20 years in Niterói and seeks to develop public policies that guarantee women's rights. 

In addition to the visit, the groups attended a workshop with the Museology team on Museum Collection Conservation Basics, where they learned about the theory and work carried out within the Club in this area. They also donned gloves and practiced cleaning and storing photographs from our collection, knowledge they can take with them and apply in their daily work. In a statement, museologist Natália de Araujo Domingos discussed the initiative.

"Our team created this workshop to promote multidisciplinary work outside the Club, as well as to communicate and promote the experimentation of paths that intertwine with the area. This dynamic exchange provides a meeting point for the perspectives of professional work with those of the participants' daily lives," he said.

The result of this initiative provided an incredible variety of interpretations of conservation and preservation processes associated with the experiences. Museology, in turn, had the opportunity to experience a meeting where the parties could learn and discuss techniques, strategies, and methodologies, and discuss other areas of work, opening a channel of new possibilities for future workshops.

The group was provided with transportation and snacks and, at the end of the activity, everyone received a special gift from Flamengo.