MAM Rio: Origin and Construction

Table 5: MAM Rio and Its Surroundings

The museum and its location within the Aterro do Flamengo and the city

1. Inside pages of the booklet Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, September 1967.
   
   
2. Uma cidade à espera de um museu: o interesse do povo pelo Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (A City Waiting for a Museum: The People’s Interest in the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro), text by an unidentified author published in the O Globo newspaper on 20 May 1953 and transcribed in the MAM Rio bulletin, June 1953.
   
   
3. A futura sede do Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro (The Future Location of the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro), text by an unidentified author published in the MAM Rio bulletin, September 1953.
   
   
4. Falam os intelectuais sôbre a importância dos museus (Intellectuals Talk about the Importance of Museums), article by Jayme Maurício published in the Correio da Manhã newspaper, 7 October 1956.
   
   
5. 10 milhões para o Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio (10 Million for the Museum of Modern Art in Rio), text by an unidentified author published in the Diário Carioca newspaper on 16 April 1953 and transcribed in the MAM Rio bulletin, May 1953.
   
   
6. Paulo Bittencourt footbridge, designed by Affonso Eduardo Reidy and inaugurated in 1963 to connect MAM Rio and Parque do Flamengo to the city centre, 1960s.
   
   
7. Photomontage with the second model of MAM Rio and the city centre, July 1956.
   Photograph: Jerry
   
   
8. Inside pages of the International Membership Campaign brochure, Museum of Modern Art: Rio de Janeiro, showing the location of MAM Rio in relation to the city centre, on the left, and Parque do Flamengo, on the right, 1957.

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