The Museu Carlos Costa Pinto Foundation is a private cultural institution maintained through an agreement with the State of Bahia.

The Museum is housed in a US Colonial-style building designed by architects Euvaldo Reis and Diógenes Rebouças and built in 1958. It was originally intended to be the Costa Pinto family's residence, but has never been lived in. Instead, it was adapted to its new function.

The Museum officially opened on November 5, 1969, thanks to the support of Luís Viana Filho, who was then the governor of Bahia. Later on, Governor Antônio Carlos Magalhães completed the Museum's facilities by adding a library and auditorium.

Carlos Costa Pinto's widow, Margarida de Carvalho Costa Pinto, donated her late husband's collection to the foundation to make his dream come true.

Created to "conserve aspects of the former Carlos Costa Pinto residence and art objects collected by him in the twentieth century" (according to the Museum's constitution), the Museu Carlos Costa Pinto has increasingly consolidated and expanded its function as a cultural center and is now a must on any itinerary.

Endereço: Avenida Sete de Setembro, 2490, Vitória - Salvador - Bahia - Brasil
Cep: 40080-001 / Tel: (71) 3336.6081 | Fax (71) 3336.2702

The Museum is open every day from 2:30 pm to 7:00 pm, except on Tuesdays, when it
closes for maintenance and technical work. It's worth your while to experience the
Museum on every page.

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