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Rio de Janeiro: Museum of Tomorrow & Guanabara Bay with Transfer

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 99

LanguagesEN · DE +4

PickupAt your hotel

Santiago Calatrava's Museum of Tomorrow: Rio's Sustainable Future Building

You get hotel pickup, skip the entry line, and spend the morning moving through five exhibition zones that connect the cosmos to tomorrow's world, with views of Guanabara Bay and a stop at Rio's most famous mural. The fixed schedule and included transport mean you're not managing logistics — just showing up and walking through one of Rio's most forward-thinking buildings.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Museum of Tomorrow exhibits
Admire Guanabara Bay view
See Barão de Mauá statue
Walk Olympic Boulevard graffiti
View Mural das Etnias by Kobra

The Experience

You walk in expecting a typical museum, and instead find yourself inside what looks like a ship that landed on the Porto Maravilha waterfront. The Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro isn't trying to be subtle about it — the building itself, designed by Santiago Calatrava, is the first thing that tells you this place thinks differently. Solar panels cover the roof, seawater from Guanabara Bay cools the interior, and the whole structure sits like a monument to the idea that how we build matters as much as what we put inside.

Once you're through the entrance, the five main exhibition spaces pull you through a path that starts with the Cosmos and ends with Now — which sounds abstract until you're standing in front of interactive displays about population growth, climate change, genetic engineering, and wealth distribution. Luiz Alberto Oliveira, a physicist and cosmologist, shaped the whole thing, and it shows. You're not reading plaques; you're moving through questions. The Anthropocene section hits hardest, because it's not distant or theoretical. After the museum, there's time to step outside and look across Guanabara Bay from the square, where the Barão de Mauá statue stands — a figure who actually pushed Rio toward something bigger, which feels fitting when you're standing in front of a building that's trying to do the same.

The tour includes hotel pickup in an air-conditioned minivan, entry to the Museum of Tomorrow, and a stop at the Olympic Boulevard to see Kobra's Mural das Etnias, the largest graffiti work in the world. Groups stay under 19 people, which means you're not shuffling through crowds. The whole thing moves at a pace that lets you actually absorb what you're seeing instead of rushing through. Comfortable walking shoes matter — you'll be on your feet, and the museum's layout rewards wandering.

What’s included

Your day includes hotel pickup in an air-conditioned minivan, entrance to the Museum of Tomorrow, time to view Guanabara Bay from the waterfront square, and a stop at the Olympic Boulevard to see the Mural das Etnias. Groups are kept to a maximum of 19 travelers per vehicle, and the operator confirms your pickup time based on your hotel location before the tour.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Rio Carioca Tour Ltda

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to see Rio's most innovative building and understand what it's thinking about without arranging your own transport or waiting in an entry line — the guided format and included pickup mean you show up and walk straight in.