A short walk west from the Corcovado cog train station, this small museum has a fascinating collection of colorful paintings made by artists often working well outside of the establishment. Also known as primitivist, arte naïf paintings often deal with marginalized peoples – Roma, sharecroppers, Ghetto dwellers – and although small, the collection has pieces from 100 countries, giving a truly global reach to the exhibition.
Highlights here include a massive, much-reproduced painting by Lia Mittarakis, which depicts a vibrant Rio with Cristo Redentor as the focal point. Circling the room above it, Brasil, 5 Séculos (Brazil, 5 Centuries) is one long canvas showing key points in Brazil's history from 1500 to the 1960s. Visitors receive a 50% discount by showing a ticket stub from the Corcovado cog train.
