Museu da Chácara do Céu, Art museum in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Museu da Chácara do Céu is an art museum in Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro, housed in a modernist residence designed by Wladimir Alves de Souza in 1954. The building replaced an earlier house demolished that year and stands within gardens overlooking Guanabara Bay. Two rooms remain furnished as they were when it was a private home.

The building started as a private residence but became a public museum in 1972 after a foundation was established a decade earlier. This transformation allowed the collection to be shared with the wider public.

The museum keeps two rooms furnished as they were when the house was a residence, preserving the domestic character of Castro Maya's home. Its collection began with his private holdings, partly inherited from his father and partly acquired by him, and includes European masters such as Matisse, Modigliani, Degas, Seurat and Miró alongside Brazilian modernists like Guignard, Di Cavalcanti, Portinari and Iberê Camargo.

The museum sits in a residential neighborhood on a hillside, so comfortable shoes are recommended if you want to explore the surrounding area. Inside, you will find exhibition spaces spread across multiple levels along with a library holding historical documents.

The collection includes a Brasiliana section with historical maps and 19th-century prints showing Brazilian landscapes and traditional ways of life. These documents offer a rare view of Brazil from two centuries ago as seen through both European and local perspectives.