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NITEROI CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
- Located in the city of Neteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
- It is an art gallery/museum in shape of a UFO, also resembling a chalice with its contemporary circular features.
- it was designed by Oscar Niemeyer, the famous Brazilian architect, with help from Bruno Contarini a structural engineer.
- Built in 1995, with well over 300 workers, it took five years to complete.
- It is a four storey structure, located on top of Boa Viagen lookout, on Niteroi's seafront.
- It has the second largest collection of art in Brazil.