MUSEUM OF TOMORROW

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Essentials about the Museum of Tomorrow in brief

The Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow) is worth a visit for its spectacular architecture alone. Due to its location on the Pier Maua at the port of Rio de Janeiro, the building is a real eye-catcher even from afar. The Spanish star architect Santiago Calatrava was inspired by bromeliads in Rio’s botanical garden for his futuristic design. If you didn’t know that, you might have thought of a giant dinosaur skeleton when you saw the museum building. The exhibitions at the Museum of Tomorrow deal with a wide range of topics that have special significance for the future of mankind.

The architecture of the Museum of Tomorrow

In any case, the Museum of Tomorrow, which opened in 2015, represents a unique example of sustainable architecture. The museum is largely powered by renewable resources. The water for the air-conditioning units comes directly from Guanabara Bay, and movable solar panels on the roof generate energy.

The exhibitions of the Museum of Tomorrow

As the name of the museum suggests, the Museum of Tomorrow is not dedicated to the past or present, but to the future. It covers a wide range of topics of particular importance for the future of humanity, such as climate change, environmental protection and urbanization. Innovative and forward-looking projects are presented in the museum, such as alternative methods of energy production or modern approaches to urban planning.

In its exhibitions, the Museum of Tomorrow collaborates with a wide range of organizations and companies concerned with how humanity can tackle the major issues of the future, including the UN, leading universities from Brazil and abroad, NASA and Google. So if you feel like visiting what is probably a unique museum in the world about the future and the progress of humanity, you shouldn’t miss a visit to the Museu do Amanhã.