Ginásio Paranaense specialized rooms and the educative heritage constitution of the Colégio Estadual do Paraná

Abstract

The Ginásio Paranaense was a secondary education institution, created in 1892 in Curitiba, Paraná. This article’s main goal is to analyse the structural organization in this learning venue, as well as the constituent elements characterizing it as a school heritage. This construction being studied was built in 1904 and used by the Institution until 1949; it is used to this day still, now as head office to the State of Paraná Secretary of Culture. This analysis was developed from questions about the creation of diverse learning rooms and how the physical structuring of these locations influenced the Colégio Estadual do Paraná collection, its most recent name. Amongst the analysed areas, the Natural History Museum is emphasized, owed for today making up a significant part of its historical collection. In order to analyze the material constitution of the diverse learning rooms, photographs were used, as well as supplies inventories made by professors responsible for the school subjects. The discussion was outlined by the perspective of concepts of school material culture and educational heritage, with the main theoretical references being the works of Rosa Fátima de Souza, Antonio Viñao Frago and Marcus Levy Bencostta.