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Museu da Virada preserves what circulated between October 4 and 25, 2026, and celebrates the outcome. Lula was elected in the second round. That victory kept Brazilian democracy standing, and this room makes no pretense of distance from it.
Original quotation in PortugueseEssa vitória manteve a democracia brasileira de pé.
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The anthology follows events in order. First, how the candidates made it onto the ballot. Then, the night the right achieved historic results in Congress and the states, and Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of Lula. Next, the three weeks in which the streets, fandoms, a WhatsApp channel and a handful of newsrooms changed the tone of the campaign. Finally, the night of October 25, when the order at the polls was reversed, Flávio’s departure two days later, and what remains in the collection.
The presidential election percentages come from the official TSE files preserved here. The rest is in the reporting cited at the end of each section. Where an item has already been archived, the text links to its record.
The collection brings together images, videos, audio, news reports, documents and social media posts to preserve political memory and provide context for understanding it. The selection and anthology texts reflect the editorial perspective of Museu da Virada; third-party materials remain connected to their sources and the contexts in which they were produced.
All credit is due to the respective authors, photographers, journalists, artists, media outlets, accounts and other rights holders. The museum seeks to identify the authorship, origin and source of each item using the available information. Organizing the collection does not transfer rights in these materials to the museum or imply that their authors endorse the project’s editorial positions.
Giving credit and pursuing cultural, educational or preservation purposes do not replace any authorization required to use protected works. Reproduction and access to each material must comply with permissions, applicable licenses, public domain status or the exceptions provided by Brazilian Law No. 9,610/1998 — Copyright Law, as applicable. Access to the collection does not grant a general license to copy, redistribute or commercially exploit its content; any reuse must respect the rights and conditions of each item.
Caring for memory also requires respect for the image rights, privacy and integrity of the people depicted. Attribution errors, incomplete information and rights concerns should be referred to the curatorial team, identifying the item, its source and the request, for assessment of corrections, additional credits, access restrictions or removal, as appropriate.