Instituto Butantan and production of sera. The Instituto Butantan also operate the "Hospital Vital Brazil", a specialist hospital that offers free treatment for poisonous animal stings and bites. The institute also accepts donations of serpents, arthropods and other animals captured by the public and by a network of collaborating centers and individuals. The following research laboratories are part of the Butantan Institute: Important Brazilian scientists who have worked in the Butantan Institute are: Vital Brazil, Afrânio Pompílio Gastos do Amaral, Isaias Raw, Samuel Pessoa, Willy Beçak. The Institute has strong collaborative ties with the Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, and with the Oswaldo
Institute of the American Musical collection which has been called the "crown jewel" of the institute's collection. It includes "the only known footage of much of early Broadway, including Julie Andrews in Camelot, Gwen Verdon in Damn Yankees and Ethel Merman in the original cast of Gypsy." Institute of the American Musical The Institute of the American Musical, founded in 1972 by its current president Miles Kreuger, is located in Los Angeles. Its collection includes "the greatest collection of artifacts from the Broadway musical", including scripts and other material associated with the matter. It is considered "one of the most important archives of Broadway history",