Niterói Contemporary Art Museum

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The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum is a landmark modernist museum in Niterói, Brazil, renowned for its futuristic, saucer-like architecture overlooking Guanabara Bay.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
contemporary art museum
landmark
modernist building
architect Oscar Niemeyer
city Municipality of Niterói
surface form: Niterói
continent South America
country Brazil
dedicatedTo contemporary art
diameter 50 meters
exhibitionArea approximately 1000 square meters
floorArea approximately 2500 square meters
floorCount 3
hasFeature circular main hall
curving access ramp
panoramic viewing gallery
reflecting pool at base
hasViewOf Guanabara Bay
Rio de Janeiro
surface form: Rio de Janeiro city skyline

Sugarloaf Mountain
height 16 meters
inception 1996
locatedIn Guanabara Bay
surface form: Guanabara Bay area

Municipality of Niterói
surface form: Niterói

State of Rio de Janeiro
surface form: Rio de Janeiro (state)
locatedOn Boa Viagem cliff
material reinforced concrete
namedAfter Niterói Contemporary Art Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
nativeName Niterói Contemporary Art Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
nativeNameLanguage pt
notableFor futuristic saucer-like form
location on a cliff above the sea
panoramic views of Guanabara Bay
openingDate 1996-09-02
operator Municipality of Niterói
overlooks Guanabara Bay
owner Municipality of Niterói
partOf Niterói Contemporary Art Museum self-linksurface differs
surface form: Niterói’s Niemeyer architectural route
region Southeast Region of Brazil
surface form: Southeast Region, Brazil
roofType domed roof
shape UFO-like
saucer-like
shortName MAC Niterói
structuralEngineer Bruno Contarini
style futuristic architecture
modernist architecture
touristAttraction yes

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Oscar Niemeyer designed Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum namedAfter Niterói Contemporary Art Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum nativeName Niterói Contemporary Art Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
Niterói Contemporary Art Museum partOf Niterói Contemporary Art Museum self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Niterói’s Niemeyer architectural route
Bruno Contarini notableWork Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
Boa Viagem cliff hasLandmark Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
Boa Viagem cliff hasStructureOnTop Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
MAC Niterói officialName Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
this entity surface form: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
MAC Niterói namedAfter Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
this entity surface form: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói
Niterói hasLandmark Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
Niterói hasLandmark Niterói Contemporary Art Museum
this entity surface form: Museum of Contemporary Art of Niterói