The institution is named in honour of a local healer, Raimundo dos Santos Souza, or ‘Sacaca’, who carried out important work in natural medicine for the state’s population.

In 1972, in the old Central Station, today the Recife Metro (METROREC), the Train Museum was created. This was patronised by sociologist and anthropologist Gilberto Freyre, and was guided by the then Joaquim Nabuco Institute for Social Research, now the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation.

Xapury Museum (Museu do Xapury) is situated in the town of Xapuri, in the state of Acre, in the Northern region of Brazil. It was opened on 3 August 2005, with the goal to depict the history of the city and its people.

The Xingó Archaeological Museum (MAX), of the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS), is situated in the municipality of Canindé do São Francisco, Sergipe, and was created in the year 2000 with the mission of researching, preserving and exposing the archaeological patrimony of the Xingó.