centro cultural banco do brasil (ccbb), rua primeiro de março, 66, centro,  tel. 21. 3808.2020  - here is the webpage, contact email, and google map.  ● more ●

just next door to the ccbb, the fundação casa frança brasil opened as a cultural center in 1990 and serves a range of diverse artistic activities from visual arts to music gigs. 

the establishment receives funding from the state of rio de janeiro's department of culture and continues to support a number of brazilian and international artists by hosting exhibitions throughout the year.

in 2008 the cultural center underwent a large transformation, which involved the physical refurbishment of the main building and a rethink of the institution's mission plan.