the uppermost viewing gallery offers a panoramic view of rio de janeiro and its sugar loaf mountain across guanabara bay. the concrete structure is set into a cliff and towers above the beach.

the impressive collection of the mac features works of brazilian artists such as abraham palatnik, mira schendel and tomie ohtake to name a few, as well as the collected works of joão sattamin - interestnigly, the building was featured in the american reality television series 'the amazing race' on the discovery channel in 2011.