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 Portal FDC > Homepage > International Advisory Council > Inhotim
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Inhotim
 Instituto Cultural INHOTIM is located in Brumadinho County, MG, and 60 km away from the capital city of Belo Horizonte. The museum is built inside the Inhotim Environmental Park reservation. Its architecture is very beautiful and its assets include over 500 contemporary works of art by over 100 artists, besides temporary photographic and cultural displays.
The natural area of the complex is divided into two parts: the Natural Reservation, with 600 hectares of land and the Tropical Park, with 45 hectares of gardens with botanical collections and five ornamental lakes adding up to an area of 3.5 hectares.
The gardens were designed by landscape artist Roberto Burle Marx, who visited the site in 1984 and made suggestions and drew blueprints to improve the institute's environment. About 110 thousand people from Brazil and from the world have already visited INHOTIM in the last 12 months. The Cultural Center has become a cultural reference for all those who wish to appreciate contemporary art innovatively.
Inhotim also carries out cultural programs that include environment, education and technology weeks. The site offers something for everyone: art lovers who can gaze at the beautiful works of art on display; nature lovers who enjoy native woods conservation and the elaborate gardens that surround the building; and those who admire architecture will not be let down by the innovative design of the buildings.
Original pavilions, constantly renewed exhibitions, diversified assets and a preserved environment make Inhotim a must visit for tourists who visit Belo Horizonte and its surroundings.
The environment: INHOTIM is also committed to preserving and studying the environment. It uses an area encompassing 12.00 hectares surrounding the gardens to carry out the vegetation preservation and recovery programs, as well as environmental education progra ms for the young people from the community it belongs to.
Education: By taking advantage of the vast space of preserved native woods that surrounds it, INHOTIM carries out not only art education projects but also projects to prepare professionals linked to the areas of art and the environment. Furthermore, the art education center at the institution has promoted partnerships with educational institutions that are interested in the methods and in the space offered by the Cultural Center.
Schedule: Thursdays to Fridays from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm.
The entrance fee costs R$ 10.00, senior citizens (60 years old) and students pay half-price, and children under six years of age are granted free admittance.
How to get there: On Saturdays and Sundays the Saritur bus company leaves the Belo Horizonte bus station at 9 am (platform F2) and returns at 4 pm. The trip takes 1h and 30 minutes. If visitors wish to drive they must follow BR-381 to Betim. Further instructions can be found at the site http://www.inhotim.org.br/p/v/209-255 .
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