Trendy Rio Anuncia… Expedição Cultural e Fotografia do Instituto Kreatori de 2011 INSTITUTO KREATORI Rua Alice, 209 – Laranjeiras Tel. 3734-4326 (We speak English) WEBSITE EMAIL TWITTER FACEBOOK Instituto Kreatori houses an art gallery with a focus on Photography, rooms for courses, workshops and lectures. In addition to a multipurpose outdoor space for artistic events…
Humberto Braga Cultural Center Tribunal de Contas do Estado do Rio de Janeiro – Praça da República, 70 – Centro (Downtown) Tel. 3231-5292 Monday – Friday 9am-6pm Note: This area has a gallery for art and photographic exhibitions.
Centro Cultural Carioca Rua do Teatro, 37 – Centro (Downtown) Tel. 2252-6468 – 2242-9642 WEBSITE
Center of Documentation and Information Art Rua São José, 50, 2nd floor – Centro (Downtown) Tel. 2533-8090 EMAIL WEBSITE Monday – Friday 10am- 5pm Guided visits by appointment only Free Entrance Note: This complex houses nearly one million items of documentation on graphic and fine arts, music, photography, theater, dance, opera, circus, cinema and videos.
Calouste Gulbenkian Arts Center St. Benedito Hipólito, 125 – Centro (Downtown) Tel. 2503-4622 EMAIL Monday – Friday 10am-6pm Free Entrance Note: The three-story building houses the Gonzaguinha Theater, an auditorium, a video viewing room, the Ismael Nery art gallery and 20 rooms and workshops.
Caixa Cultural Rio Almirante. Barroso, 25, corner of Avenidaenida Rio Branco – Centro (Downtown) Tel. 2544-7666 / 2544-8129 / 2544-1099 / 2544-4080 WEBSITE Tuesday – Sunday 10am-10pm Note: With just over 6,000 sq meters area, the Cultural Savings Bank has 4 exhibition areas as well as a theater arena, two movie theaters, five multi-usage rooms…
Caixa Cultural Complex República do Chile, 230 / anexo 3rd floor – Centro (Downtown) Tel. 2262-8152 / 2262-5483 EMAIL WEBSITE Monday – Friday 10am-6pm Saturday – Sunday and and Holidays 11am-3pm Free Entrance Note: The Caixa Cultural Complex is a landmark with an architectural style of the 70s. It’s surrounded by gardens, passageways and man-made…
Republic Museum The Catete Palace was the place for Brazil’s Republican Government from 1897 to 1960. The Republic Museum has a cultural program that includes exhibitions, concerts, plays, movies, videos, boutiques, restaurants and bookstore. Address: Rua Catete, 153 – Catete Tel. 3235-2650 – Fax. 2557-5477 Email: museu@museudarepublica.org.br www.museudarepublica.org.br Tuesday – Friday 10am-5pm Saturday – Sunday…
Polo de Pensamento Contemporâneo Address: Rua Conde Afonso Celso 103 – Jardim Botânico Tel. 2286-3299 / 2286-3682 Email: contato@polodepensamento.com.br
Parque das Ruínas Cultural Center The Center was the residence of the famous Patron of the Arts from the Rio Belle Époque, Laurinda Santos Lobo. Known as the“Marchioness of Elegance”, Laurinda gathered intellectuals in the magnificent rooms of her mansion, which today is one of the most prized projects by architect Ernani Freire. Address: Rua…
Oi Futuro The building that houses the center was built in 1918 and has just been reconstructed to achieve a more open space. Address: • Rua Dois de Dezembro, 63 – Catete Tel. 3131-3050 / 3131-3070 • Rua Visconde de Pirajá, 54, 3rd floor – Ipanema Tel. 3201-3000 www.oifuturo.org.br Tuesday – Sunday 11am-8pm Guided visits…
Oduvaldo Vianna Filho Cultural Center Designed in 1916, the construction was finished in 1918 and in 1992 it was converted into a cultural center, named in honor of playwright Oduvaldo Vianna Filho. Address: Rua Praia do Flamengo, 158 – Flamengo Tel. 2205-0276 / 2205-0655 Email: castelinho@pcrj.rj.gov.br Tuesday – Saturday 10am-8pm Sunday 10am-6pm Free Entrance
Navy Cultural Hall The Navy Cultural Hall is located at the the end of Quinze de Novembro Square, in front of Presidente Vargas. Main exhibitions are: • Galiot King John VI • Helicopter – Museum • Museum Bauru • Riachuelo Submarine Museum • Nau – a copy of the ship from the time of Brazil´s…
Midrash Cultural Center Midrash meaning “extract feeling” in Hebrew, was created by Rabbi Nilton Bonder. This Jewish cultural center was designed by São Paulo architect, Isay Weinfeld. Address: Rua General Venâncio Flores, 184 – Leblon Tel. 2239-1800 / 2239-2222 Monday – Thursday 9am-10pm Friday 9am-3pm Sunday (by appointment only) Email: secretaria@midrash.org.br www.midrash.org.br
Light Cultural Center The building in what was formerly the Rua Larga dates back to 1911. It was once the head-office and garage for the Light Tramway Service. Address: Rua Marechal Floriano, 168 – Centro (Downtown) Tel. 2211-4515 www.light.com.br Email: paulo.bicalho@light.com.br Monday – Friday 11am-5pm Free Entrance
Laurinda Santos Lobo Cultural Center Rua Monte Alegre, 306 – Santa Teresa Tel. 2242-9741 / 2224-3331 EMAIL Tuesday – Sunday 9am-8pm Free Entrance Note: This center has four exhibition rooms, auditorium and a photographic collection of Laurinda Santos Lobo.
José Bonifácio Cultural Center Rua Pedro Ernesto, 80 – Gamboa Tel. 2253-6255 EMAIL Monday – Friday 9am-6pm Free Entrance Note: Located in Gamboa, a neighborhood that keeps important aspects of the history of the Negros in the country. Among them is the Machado de Assis Literature, born on the Livramento Hill.
Julieta de Serpa House of Art and Culture Praia do Flamengo, 340 – Flamengo Tel. 2551-1278 EMAIL WEBSITE Tuesday – Friday 1pm-7pm Saturday 4pm-7pm Note: This mansion, architecturally eclectic, contains a Cultural Center with exhibition rooms, bookshop, restaurant and tea room. Built by the Seabra family in the 1920s, it came under the protection of…
Instituto Moreira Salles Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 476 – Gávea Tel. 3284-7400 WEBSITE Tuesday – Sunday and Holidays 1pm-8pm Exhibitions and parking free. Guided visits by appointment only. Free Entrance Note: The IMS of Rio de Janeiro is the largest cultural center, with gardens open to the public.
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