Museums + Heritage Advisor: Brazil’s National Museum director desperate for funds, calls for global support

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ABU DHABI, UAE – Tall, twinkly-eyed and with a mischievous sense of humour, Alexander Kellner cuts a charismatic figure. But beneath the charisma lies the desperation of a man still clearly haunted by the fire that ravaged Brazil’s national museum last year while the institution was under his directorship – and who now faces the formidable task of trying to rebuild it.

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