
Museum of Tomorrow Opens in 2015 - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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This science museum opened in December 2015.
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Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date Posted: 01/07/2020
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The Guardian (
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"Museum of Tomorrow: a captivating invitation to imagine a sustainable world
Jonathan Watts in Rio de Janeiro
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Thu 17 Dec 2015 05.00 EST Last modified on Thu 17 Dec 2015 09.18 EST
The Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: one of the world’s most extraordinary buildings.
The Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: one of the world’s most extraordinary buildings. Photograph: PR
Jutting diagonally into the sky from the old port of Rio de Janeiro is an other-worldly edifice that looks like a cross between a solar-powered dinosaur and a giant air conditioning unit.
The Museu do Amanhã (Museum of Tomorrow), which opens Thursday, must already rank as one of the world’s most extraordinary buildings. But once the public starts to visit this weekend, it may soon also become known for one of the planet’s most powerful arguments for sustainability.
Mixing science and art, the 230m reais (£40m/$59m) institution devotes itself to a topic that is divisive and often depressing: the need for change if mankind is to avoid climate disaster, environmental degradation and social collapse.
For Mayor Eduardo Paes – who will inaugurate the building at a ceremony with President Dilma Rousseff – the museum is the most striking example yet of the regeneration and gentrification of Rio’s port district.
Ten years ago this was one of the city’s poorest and most crime-ridden areas. Today it is in the midst of a vast redevelopment that should make it one of the most desirable areas in Rio...."