the mar follows unesco recommendations to collect, register and preserve cultural assets and reproduce them for the community - this is done through exhibitions and teaching, by organizing academic and multimedia programs for the public centered on discussions of art, the culture of images, education and curatorial practices, and through training public school educators - the school comprises three levels of classrooms and exhibition rooms, as well as a library and auditorium which can be found on the fourth floor.

museu de arte do rio - mar, Praça Mauá, 5, Centro,  tel. 21. 3031.2741 - here is the website, contact email, and map.   ● more ●

the museu de arte moderna - mam (modern art museum), was inaugurated in 1948 by the famous brazilian art collector raymundo ottoni de castro maya, following a favorable period for the acquisition of works from european artists in the post-war era.