The “MAR” is located in Praça Mauá, within two distinct yet connected buildings: the Dom João VI Palace, which is listed and eclectic, and the adjacent building, which features a modernist design and was originally a bus terminal. The historic palace accommodates the museum’s exhibition halls. Meanwhile, the adjacent building serves as the School of Look, a space dedicated to fostering both collective and personal experiences, with a primary emphasis on training educators within the public school system.

An initiative by the City Hall of Rio in collaboration with the Roberto Marinho Foundation, MAR engages in activities such as collection, documentation, research, preservation, and the community return of cultural assets. As a proactive space supporting education and culture, the museum was established alongside a school - the School of the Look - with an innovative museological approach: to promote the development of a reference educational program for initiatives in Brazil and internationally, integrating art and education through the institution’s guiding curatorial program.

Points of Interest

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• Hotel pickup and drop-off

• Food and drinks
• Lunch

The ‘MAR’ promotes a transversal reading of the city’s history, its social fabric, its symbolic life, conflicts, contradictions, challenges and social expectations. Its exhibits combine historical and contemporary dimensions of art by means of long and short shows, nationally and internationally. The museum also appears with the mission of inscribing art in public education, through the School of Look.

As recommended by UNESCO, MAR has activities that involve collection, registration, research, preservation and return to the community of cultural goods - in the form of exhibitions, catalogs, multi-media and educational programs. With its own collection - already in the process of training through acquisitions and donations corresponding to its agenda - MAR also has loans for works from some of the best public and private collections in Brazil for the execution of its program.

• Children must be accompanied by an adult

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