%0 Journal Article %T Entre a poeira e o sil¨ºncio: sobre exposi£¿£¿es e constru£¿£¿es da mem¨®ria no Museu do Cear¨¢ (1932-1997) %A Ramos %A Francisco R¨¦gis Lopes %J Anais do Museu Paulista: Hist¨®ria e Cultura Material %D 2011 %I Universidade de S?o Paulo %R 10.1590/S0101-47142011000100006 %X this article discusses some manners to construct the meanings of the past into museu do cear¨¢'s exhibitions between 1932 and 1997. based on issues of social history of memory, the meanings of dust and silence are highlighted in a way that the past is configured in the space of the exhibitions. the artifacts are treated taking into account underlying values and expectations that guide, in certain circumstances, connections and separations between past and present. %K museum %K memory %K object %K perception %K history writing %K exhibition. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0101-47142011000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en