📍 Museum📸 Tourist Attraction

Museum of Tomorrow

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

4.5 (0)

Overview

Science museum. It lies in southeastern Brazil, most comfortable in the dry winter months from June to August.

Why visit: MASP's floating glass easels, Inhotim's open-air art in botanical gardens, and Rio's Museum of Tomorrow.

Things to do

›Check the closing day — most Brazilian museums shut on Mondays
›Look for the free-entry day; many have one each week
›Allow a full day for Inhotim, which is a landscape as much as a gallery
›Book ahead for the big São Paulo shows

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Travel Information

Best time

Year-round; weekday mornings are quietest

Weather

Tropical with a wet summer and dry winter, reversed from the northern hemisphere: hot, stormy afternoons of 28–35°C from December to March, and mild, dry, clear winters of 15–25°C from June to August that are the best time to travel.

Entry fee

Ticketed (~₹300 – 1,200); many free one day a week

Hours

Typically 10 AM – 6 PM; most closed Mondays

Est. budget

₹500 – ₹2,500

Duration

2 – 4 hours

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