Rio ART

The Museu de Arte Moderna has a permanent exhibition of works by Brazilian artists, including Cândido Portinari, Brazil’s most famous artist.

Museu de Arte Moderna – MAM
(Museum of Modern Art)
The Museum of Modern Art, which was inaugurated in 1958, has a very unusual history. It has a privileged downtown location on Flamengo Park on Guanabara Bay. After a disastrous fire in 1978, hundreds of people from all over the world contributed to the rebuilding of this cultural treasure and the replacement of its collections.

It currently houses approximately 1700 works, including paintings, sculptures and engravings by Brazilian and foreign artists. It also houses a specialised art library and a well-known cinemathèque that is among the most popular in town.

Museu de Arte Contemporanea

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National Historical Museum
Created in 1922 during the commemorations of the centennial of Brazilian independence, the National Historical Museum is one of the most important and significant museums in the country. The museum, which covers 18,000 square metres in historical downtown Rio, has a collection of more than 250,000 artefacts, in addition to a library and historical archive.

Info
Open: Tuesday to Friday, 10.00 am to 5.30 pm.
Saturday and Sunday, 2.00 pm to 6.00 pm.
Praça Marechal Âncora S/Nº
Downtown
Tel: +55 21 2550 9221/9227