View over the bay and the museum

The view over the bay and the museum, in Rio de Janeiro

This viewpoint offers a superb panorama over the Museum of Tomorrow standing out, all white, on the waters of Guanabara Bay. The Rio de Janeiro audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this striking perspective, one of the finest images of the new port Rio.

The belvedere over the white vessel

It is by moving a little away from the Museum of Tomorrow and admiring it thus, standing out all white on the turquoise waters of Guanabara Bay, that you grasp all the beauty of this place. From this viewpoint, the contrast is striking between the futuristic and immaculate silhouette of the museum, which seems to float on the water like the prow of a ship, and the deep blue of the bay in the background, punctuated in the distance by the characteristic reliefs of Rio and the town of Niterói on the other bank. This perspective has become one of the emblematic images of the new Rio, that of the renovated port zone turned towards the future. The redevelopment of all this sector, long cut off from the sea by infrastructures, has precisely allowed to give back to the inhabitants and the visitors this direct contact with the bay and these magnificent panoramas. At sunrise or sunset, the spectacle there is particularly beautiful, and the place lends itself ideally to photography. An exceptional belvedere and a postcard of the new Rio, the view over the bay and the museum is a fine stop of the discovery of the town.

What to see

Here you enjoy the superb panorama over the Museum of Tomorrow standing out, all white, on the turquoise waters of Guanabara Bay, its futuristic silhouette seeming to float like the prow of a ship, with in the distance the reliefs of Rio and the town of Niterói; this perspective is one of the emblematic images of the new port Rio, magnificent at sunrise and sunset. The view over the bay and the museum is a postcard of Rio. It is a fine stop, to be explored on foot.

Practical information

The viewpoint over the bay and the Museum of Tomorrow lies on the Praça Mauá and the waterfront promenade, in the zone of Porto Maravilha, in Rio de Janeiro, reachable on foot. It is an open-air public space, freely accessible. The panorama is particularly beautiful at sunrise and sunset.

What can you see from the view over the bay and the museum in Rio de Janeiro?

The Museum of Tomorrow standing out, all white, on the turquoise waters of Guanabara Bay, its futuristic silhouette seeming to float like the prow of a ship, with in the distance the characteristic reliefs of Rio and the town of Niterói on the other bank; it is one of the emblematic images of the new port Rio.

Where is the view over the bay and the museum in Rio de Janeiro?

On the Praça Mauá and the waterfront promenade, in the zone of Porto Maravilha, in Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil.