Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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Museu de Arte Moderna
(MAM)
Housed in a modernist building
on V-shaped stilts, this museum
features works by local artists
such as Tarsila do Amaral and
Cândido Portinari
(see pp16-17)
,
as well as international artists.
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Map X4 • Av Infante Dom Henrique 85,
Parque Brigadeiro Eduardo Gomes,
Flamengo • (021) 2240 4944 • Open
noon-6pm Tue-Sun & hols • Adm
• www.mamrio.com.br
The exterior of Museu de Arte Moderna
&
Estádio do Maracanã
(
Museu Nacional Quinta
The pavement outside the
world's largest soccer stadium is
covered in footprints made by
star players including Pele. There
is a gallery dedicated to soccer
greats inside the stadium.
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Map
E2 • Rua Prof Eurico Rabelo • (021) 2299
2942 • Open 9am-1pm daily • For trips
during a game: www.bealocal.com
da Boa Vista
This crumbling former palace, set
in expansive gardens, preserves
a diverse collection of items,
including the largest meteorite to
fall in Brazil, dinosaur bones, and
mummies.
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• Map E1 • Quinta da
Boa Vista s/n, São Cristóvão • (021) 2562
6042 • Open 10am-4pm Tue-Sun • Adm
• www.ufrj.br/museu
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Sambódromo and Museu
do Carnaval
This stadium, designed by Oscar
Niemeyer
(see p68)
and built on
the street thought to be the birth-
place of
samba,
hosts Carnaval
parades. Carnaval relics are dis-
played in the museum.
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Map T4 •
Rua Marquês de Sapucaí, Praça Onze,
Centro • Open 11am-5pm Tue-Sun
)
Ilha Fiscal
This neo-Gothic folly was
once a 19th-century royal
pleasure palace that hosted
masked balls that later evolved
into Carnaval.
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Map J1 • Av Alfredo
Agache, Centro • (021) 2233 9165 • Tours:
1pm, 2:30pm, and 4pm Thu-Sun • Adm
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Guided visits to Ilha Fiscal are coordinated by the Espaço
Cultural da Marinha
See p48
.
