.jpg) Inhotim | |
  Location within Brazil | |
| Established | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Location | Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil |
| Coordinates | 20°04′22″S 44°07′51″W / 20.0728°S 44.1309°W |
| Type | Art museum, botanical garden |
| Website | www |
The Inhotim Institute is a Brazilian contemporary art museum. It is one of the largest outdoor art centers in Latin America.[1][2] It was founded by the former mining magnate Bernardo Paz[3] in 2004 to house his personal art collection, but opened to the public a couple of years later. In 2014, the open-air museum was one of TripAdvisor's top 25 best-ranked museums in the world.[4]
Located in Brumadinho (Minas Gerais), just 60 km away from Belo Horizonte, the institute has a total area of 1,942.25 acres, mostly located in the biome of the Atlantic Forest. Of the total area, 1,087.26 acres are marked as preservation areas, of which 359 acres are part of the Reserva Particular do Patrimônio Natural RPPN, which makes it a natural heritage site. These geographic features made it possible for Inhotim to house a botanical garden, which has been developing since it was opened.
- ^ Medeiros, Jotabê. "'Inhotim é um trabalho para a posteridade' - Economia". Estadão (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ AFP (19 September 2018). "Maior museu a céu aberto da América Latina, Inhotim inaugura novas exposições". ISTOÉ Independente (in Brazilian Portuguese).
- ^ Phillips, Tom (9 October 2011). "Brazilian millionaire builds ambitious contemporary arts park in the hills". The Guardian.
- ^ Carvalho, Luciana (16 September 2014). "2 museus brasileiros estão entre os melhores do mundo. Veja". EXAME (in Brazilian Portuguese). Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2018.