# The best museums in Rio de Janeiro

From Calatrava's Museum of Tomorrow to the historic collections downtown.

- 59 votes · 10 items
- Jun 17, 2025 · a_comilao
- https://even.best/en/l/3358/the-best-museums-in-rio-de-janeiro

## Top 10

1. **Museum of Tomorrow** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — Calatrava's building on Praça Mauá.
2. **Rio Art Museum (MAR)** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — Rio art and history on Praça Mauá.
3. **Instituto Moreira Salles** (6 · ▲6 ▼0) — Photography in a modernist house in Gávea.
4. **Museum of the Republic** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — In the Catete Palace.
5. **MAM Rio** (3 · ▲5 ▼2) — Modern art in Flamengo Park.
6. **National Historical Museum** (3 · ▲4 ▼1) — Brazilian history in an old fort.
7. **Chácara do Céu Museum** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Art collection in Santa Teresa.
8. **CCBB Rio** (2 · ▲4 ▼2) — Exhibitions at the Banco do Brasil cultural centre.
9. **Casa do Pontal Museum** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Brazil's largest folk art collection.
10. **National Museum of Fine Arts** (-1 · ▲2 ▼3) — 19th-century Brazilian painting.

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