the institute's archive includes over 550,000 photographs, 100,000 musical recordings, a library with 100,000 items and a collection of over 3,000 films.

the instituto moreira salles' publishing house created a magazine of essays called serrote and a photography magazine called zum.

visitors can attend some of the center's ongoing events and festivals, check out its blog online, or listen to its radio shows at radio batuta.