Departures of note

Miyoko Makino was a Brazilian historian and professor who devoted more than four decades to the Museu Paulista da USP, the Museu do Ipiranga, joining the institution in 1969. She worked across research, documentation, and collections, and served as director of the museum's cultural diffusion division. Graduated, with a master's and doctorate in Social History from the University of São Paulo, her academic production focused on Brazilian history, iconography, material culture, and museums. Her doctoral thesis examined the role of Afonso Taunay in the ornamentation and historical narratives of the museum building, and she also studied the formation of the museum's iconographic collection. She retired in 2013, when colleagues paid tribute to her career.