Oscar Niemeyer Museum

Designed by the famous Brazilian architect, Oscar Niemeyer, the Oscar Niemeyer Museum (previously known as NovoMuseu) is located in Curitiba. Its design includes a gravity defying construction that was intended to look like a Parana Pine, one of the city’s symbols, but is widely interpreted by locals as an eye that gave the museum its nickname, the Museum of the Eye.

The museum features many of Oscar Niemeyer’s signature elements: bold geometric forms, sculptural curved volumes, large areas of white painted concrete and areas with vivid murals or paintings.

Every day, it attracts hundreds of visitors, who come to admire its impressive collection of art by artists such as Tarsila do Amaral, Di Cavalcanti, Tomie Ohtake, Andy Warhol, and Oscar Niemeyer himself.

The museum is illuminated at night by 400 Focal and 100 Corus floodlights. They provide a bright white light to make the building itself the greatest work of art on display.