Cultural River

Rio is the ideal destination to enjoy the best of art and everything that involves culture. We are a city that breathes and experiences all form of existing artistic manifestation! Check out our Cultural River:

NATIONAL HISTORY MUSIC

Since 1922, the National Historical Museum has been one of the most important museums in the history of Brazil. In addition to several exhibitions, it brings together one of the most significant architectural sets in the city. The long-term expository circuit covers from the pre-cabraline period to the 21st century.

Address: Praça Marechal Âncora, s/n - Centro
Website: http://mhn.museus.gov.br/

HOUSE FRANCE-BRAZIL

On March 29, 1990, the Casa França-Brasil was inaugurated. It is a pole of cultural diffusion and is a reference in contemporary art. There, the visitor finds several courses, seminars, lectures cycles, among other projects, in addition to the schedule of exhibitions.

Address: Rua Visconde de Itaboraí, 78 - Centro
Website: http://casafrancabrasil.rj.gov.br/

CCBB RJ

October 12, 1989 marks the beginning of Banco do Brasil's investment in culture through the creation of the CCBB RJ, a symbol of the revitalization of the historic center of the city of Rio and the appreciation of art and culture in the country. With more than 30 years of history and more than 58 million visitors throughout its existence, the site offers the public a plural, regular, affordable and quality programming.

Address: Rua Isa de March, 66 – Centro – Rio de Janeiro/RJ
Website: ccbbrio@bb.com.br

CASA FIRJAN

Located in Botafogo, the site is an open space for connecting people, where the debate and sharing of knowledge takes place in the themes of innovation, entrepreneurship, creativity and new business models. There are cultural events and activities with themes that value the role of society and industry as agents of transformation.

Address: Rua Guilhermina Guinle, 211, and Rua Dona Mariana, 19 - Botafogo.
Website: https://casafirjan.com.br/

CULTURE CENTRE IMPERIAL PACE

With the arrival of the Court of D. João VI to Rio de Janeiro, Paço became the seat of the governments of the Kingdom and the Empire. After the Proclamation of the Republic, the Post Office and Telegraphs were installed there. In 1938, it was topped by the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Site and today is one of the landmarks of the city's cultural history. Since 1985, Paço Imperial has been a cultural centre linked to the National Historic and Artistic Heritage Institute of the Ministry of Culture, and offers incredible exhibitions throughout the year with free admission.

Address: Plaza Fifteen de Novembro, 48 - Centro
Website: http:// amigos dopacoimperial.org.br/

CULTURE CENTRE OF CORREADS

There are three floors connected by an elevator that, equally to the building, has been built and has been preserved since the beginning of the century. The 1st has an Art Gallery and a 320m2 Theatre with capacity for 199 people, and the 2nd and 3rd are taken by exhibition rooms. Its official inauguration as a cultural center took place in August 1993 with the World Philately Exhibition – Brasiliana 93. Before that, the property served as an administrative and operational unit of the Post Office for 50 years and was deactivated for reforms in the 1980s. Since then, the institution has been present in the city with the promotion of events of various artistic expressions.

Address: Rua Visconde de Itaboraí, 20 - Centro
Website: https://www.correios.com.br/education-and-culture/cultural centres/cultural-rio-de-janeiro

CULTURE SPACE OF THE SEA

Located in the old Customs docks, between Largo da Candelaria and Plaza XV, the Marine Cultural Space has an expository area of 1,100 m2. It was inaugurated on January 20, 1996, concerns the history of Brazil and navigation and houses a large part of the Brazilian Navy collection. Among its cultural equipment are the destroyer Bauru Museum, the Sea King Helicopter, the Discoveries Nau and the Riachuelo Submarine Museum.

Address: Avenida Alfred Agache, S/N - CentroWebsite: https://www.marinha.mil.br/dphdm/sea-cultural space

MUSIC OF RIO ART

The Rio Art Museum, known as MAR, is a junction of the Dom João VI palace and a former bus terminal, today re-signified as the School of the Look. The connection of the buildings, visible through the wave-shaped roof and a runway, represents the proposal for integration between art and education. Its collection has an ethnographic nature and houses diverse nuclei, many of them with contemporary, modern, historical works of art and objects that represent cultural heritage. There are almost 8,000 museological items, more than 7,000 archival items and about 16,000 bibliographic items.

Address: Praça Mauá, 5 - CenterWebsite: https://museudeartedario.org.br/

MUSEU DO AMANHÃ

The Museu do Amanhã was inaugurated in 2015 with the purpose of bringing out agendas that arise from questions such as “Where did we come from?” and “Where are we going?”. Your proposal is to discuss the future, the impact of our actions and how we can transform it. Its structure is located in Pier Mauá, designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava and has about 30,000 m2, with gardens, water mirrors, bike lane and leisure areas. In his first year, 2015, he already reached the most visited and well-rated museum position in Brazil and received the Leading Culture Destinations Awards in the category “Best Museum of the Year of South and Central America”.

Address: Praça Mauá, 1 - CentreWebsite: https://museudoamagna.org.br/

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The Light of Energy Museum is part of the Light Cultural Center, with resources from the Energy Efficiency Program of ANEEL and was inaugurated by Light in 2012 and reformulated in 2022. It is a playful and interactive space, which causes reflections through visitation circuits and educational activities, demystifying the functioning of the electrical system, teaching about alternative energy sources, changes in consumption habits and about the safe and efficient use of electricity.

Address: Avenida Marechal Floriano, 168 - CentroWebsite: https://www.museulight.com.br/

NEW BLACK INSTITUTE

The IPN was created in 2005 in order to research, study, investigate and preserve African and Afro-Brazilian heritage. Its origin was due to the archaeological site of the New Black Cemetery, which was discovered in 1996 and where thousands of deadly fragments of Africans who did not resist the mistreatment of the Diaspora were identified. Today, the house acts as a cultural center that performs educational projects, conducts and supports academic research and offers courses, workshops and tourist circuits.

Address: Rua Pedro Ernesto, 32 - GamboaWebsite: https://pretosnovos.com.br/

MUHCAB

The MUHCAB, Afro-Brazilian Museum of History and Culture is a museum of territory, which has as a zero mark the Cais do Valongo and includes places such as the José Bonifácio School, the Pedra do Sal and the Largo São Francisco da Prainha. He intends to tell the story of the region of Small Africa, witness to the largest landing of enslaved Africans in the world, of important black affirmation milestones in Brazil and the development of Afro-Brazilian culture. In its collection, there are approximately 2.5 thousand artistic items that dialogue with this narrative.

Address: Rua Pedro Ernesto, 80 - GamboaWebsite: http://www.rio.rj.gov.br/web/muhcab

MODERN ART MUSIC

Popularly known as MAM and designed by Afonso Eduardo Reidy in 1958, this museum occupies a unique place on the scene of national artistic production. He establishes a constant dialogue between the works of art exhibited in the museum; and the surrounding nature and landscaping of his gardens is signed by no less than Roberto Burle Marx. Among the 15,000 works of his collection are sculptures and paintings by internationally renowned and Latin American artists.

Address: Av. Infante Dom Henrique, 85 - Parque do FlamengoWebsite: https://mam.rio/

MUSIC OF THE REPUBLIC

The Catete Palace was completed in 1867 - an order made by the Baron of New Fribourg to renowned artists such as architect Gustav Waehneldt and painters Emil Bauch, Gastão Tassini and Mario Bragaldi. He was the seat of the Republic for nearly 64 years, having housed 18 presidents. In 1938, it was topped by the IPHAN and in 1960 it was inaugurated as a Republic Museum in order to promote preservation, research and communication of republican cultural heritage.

Address: Catete 153 Street - CateteWebsite: https://museudarepublica.museus.gov.br/

EVA KLABIN FOUNDATION

The Foundation was established in 1990, a year before the death of its creator, and was officially opened to the public in August 1995. It houses the collection gathered by Eva Klabin (1903-1991), one of the most important collections of classical art in Brazilian museums, with more than two thousand pieces covering an arch of time of almost 50 centuries, from Ancient Egypt to Impressionism. Throughout these years of existence, the site has offered a varied and quality cultural programming that includes, in addition to guided visits to the collection, activities such as exhibitions, concerts, films, courses and conference.

Address: Av. Epitácio Pessoa, 2.480 - LagoaWebsite: http://evaklabin.org.br/

LAURA ALVIM CULTURE HOUSE

The CCLA, inaugurated on May 12, 1986, is a cultural center located by the sea in Ipanema. It has three cinemas, two modern theaters, multipurpose rooms, art gallery, gastronomic space, a large event hall and the memory of Laura Alvim.

Address: Av. Vieira Souto, 176 - IpanemaWebsite: https://www.funarj.rj.gov.br/node/139

AEROSPACE MUSIC

Located in Campo dos Afonsos, in the southwest of Rio, it is one of the most important military and civil aviation museums in Brazil. It has an area of more than 15 thousand m2, with long and short-lived exhibitions, as well as aircraft of relevant historical and technological value. In its collection, the site also has several engines, weapons, aviation instruments, uniforms, decorations, rare publications, plastic arts and more. It is an excellent cultural tour of Rio for the whole family.

Address: Av. Marechal Fontenele, 2000 - Campo dos AfonsosWebsite: https://www2.fab.mil.br/music/

Z42 ART

The house Z42 is located in the Cosme Velho district, a few meters from the train station in destination to the Cristo Redentor. The eclectic architecture house of the 1930s, houses nine workshops for artists, the Gallery Z with five exhibition halls, in addition to the auditorium, garage (multipurpose space) and an open space with stage attached. In order to create a living body, where art breathes and is constantly disseminated, the Z42 Art acts in the contemporary artistic scene in its various interdisciplinary and transversal aspects, contemplating in its spaces the various contemporary artistic languages and their conceptual developments.

Address: R. Filinto de Almeida, 42 - Cosme Velho
Website: https://www.z42.com.br/

MUNICIPAL MEMORIAL GETULIO VARGAS

The Getúlio Vargas Municipal Museum honors the life and political trajectory of the former president of the republic. The Municipal Memorial was built by the Prefeitura do Rio of January, after 50 years of the death of the political figure in which he honors: Getúlio Vargas.

Address: Praça Luiz de Camões, S/N Subsolo in the square - Glória
Website: https://www.instagram.com/memorialgetuliovargas/

CULTURE CENTRE FEDERAL JUSTICE

The Federal Justice Cultural Center is a space recognized for encouraging and ensuring the population's access to the various forms of cultural expression, hosting exhibitions, plays, dance and music shows, cinema shows, courses, seminars, lectures, among others.

Address: Avenida Rio Branco, 241 - Centro
Website: https://www10.trf2.jus.br/ccjf/institutional/

POINT MUSY

The Pontal Museum is considered the largest and most significant popular art museum in the country. Its collection - a result of 40 years of research and travel throughout the country by French designer Jacques Van de Beuque - is composed of about 9,000 pieces by 300 Brazilian artists, produced from the 20th century. In 2021, the Pontal Museum opened a new headquarters at the Barra da Tijuca, with 14,000 square meters, of which 10,000 is green area and view to part of the set of mountains known as Sleeping Giant, which goes from Pedra da Gávea to Pão de Açúcar.

Address: Av. Célia Ribeiro da Silva Mendes, 3300 - Barra da Tijuca
Website: https://museudopontal.org.br/

BARBOSA RUI HOUSE

The Casa de Rui Barbosa Museum is considered the first public museum-house in Brazil. He is located in the residence where the Brazilian politician, jurist and writer Ruy Barbosa and his family lived from 1895 to 1923. There, you find your whole collection of life and more.

Address: R. São Clemente, 134 - Botafogo
Website: https://www.gov.br/casaruibarbosa/en#gsc.tab=0

BHERING FABRIC

With an area built of more than 15,000 square meters, there are about 80 art workshops running full steam. Dividing space with centennial machinery in a factory plant that occupies a whole block, there are ceramicists, designers, producers, plastic artists, booksellers, gastronomists, artisans, photographers, shopkeepers, furniture trapiches and even a small craft beer factory.

Address: R. Orestes, 28 - Holy Christ
Website: https://www.instagram.com/manufactura.bhering/

CULTURE CENTRE JERUSALEM

The Jerusalem Cultural Center, located on an attached site of the World Cathedral of the Faith in the Del Castilho district, houses the permanent exhibition of the 2nd model of Jerusalem from the time of the second Temple built in the world.

Address: Av. Dom Hélder Câmara, 3970 - Del Castilho
Website: https://www.centroculturaljerusalem.com.br/

PARK OF RUINS

The Municipal Cultural Center Parque das Ruínas is a public park and cultural center located in the Santa Teresa district of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located in the ruins of the building that was the house of the great patron of Belle Époque carioca, the socialite Laurinda Santos Lobo.

Address: Rua Murtinho Nobre, 169 - Santa Teresa
Website: https://www.instagram.com/official ruins/

CRAB - SEBRAE CENTRE OF REFERENCE OF BRAZILIAN ARTESANATO

Located in Praça Tiradentes, CRAB has the mission of exalting the work of the artisans of the house, valuing and qualifying the activity throughout the country, with the promotion of cultural reflection and commercial approximation.

In addition to all the diversity of local art, the visitor will find a beautiful space for debates and seminars, a concept shop, a coffee maker and a terrace. The collection of the house is currently available for visitation through the exhibition “CRAB of Open Doors”.

There are about 100 pieces depicting handmade art in various regions of the country. On the second floor, there is a room taken by the clipping of a past exhibition, “Brazilian Party”.

Address: Praça Tiradentes, 69 - Centro

Website: https://www.instagram.com/crabsebrae/

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