The Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro (MAM Rio) is one of the most important cultural institutions in Brazil. It is located in Flamengo Park, between the National Monument to the Dead of the Second World War and Santos Dumont Airport, close to the historic center of Rio. Its headquarters building, the best-known work of the Paris-born Rio architect Affonso Eduardo Reidy, is a landmark in modern architecture worldwide and follows the guidelines of rationalist architecture, notable for its use of pilotis, large free spans and integration with the surrounding landscape and gardens, which are the work of landscaper Roberto Burle Marx.

The stage for several highly relevant events in the Brazilian artistic avant-garde, the museum has amassed a large collection of highly representative modern and contemporary art throughout its history.