ID: 700055792 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700055792	Record Type: Built Work
Images: 1

Museu de Arte da Pampulha (museum (building); Oscar Niemeyer; 1944; inauguration: 1957)

Note: Located in: Pampulha, Brazil; glamorous lakeside casino, now a museum; Inaugurated in 1943, the building—considered the central element of the project—is part of the Pampulha Modern Ensemble, designed by Oscar Niemeyer. Originally conceived as a casino, the “Crystal Palace” began operating in 1942, even before the official inauguration of the ensemble in 1943. The casino remained in operation until gambling was banned in Brazil in 1946. The building was designed with the aim of creating a luxurious atmosphere, employing the alternation between flat and curved volumes, contrasts of light and shadow, and finishes such as glass curtain walls on the façade.

Titles:

Museu de Arte da Pampulha (preferred,C,U,Portuguese-P,U,U)

Museu de Arte de Belo Horizonte (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Pampulha Art Museum (C,U,English-P,U,U)

MAP (C,U,Portuguese,U,U)

Cassino da Pampulha (H,U,Portuguese,U,U)

Casino at Pampulha (H,U,English,,N)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

museum (building) [300005768] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, exhibition buildings)

casino (entertainment building) [300007227]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, recreation structures, entertainment buildings)

Classifications:

architecture (preferred)

Creation Date: 1944; inauguration: 1957

Creator Display:

Oscar Niemeyer [preferred,BWR,ARQUI]

architect Niemeyer, Oscar (Brazilian architect, 1907-2012) [500007310]

Locations:

Current: Pampulha [8730162] BWR: temporary Unidentified named places (valley), Unidentified Places (miscellaneous) (Geographic)

Address Note: -19.916667,-43.933333; Pampulha, Brazil

Display Materials: concrete; marble; stainless steel; iron; glass

	concrete [300010737]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	marble (rock) [300011443]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), metamorphic rock)

	stainless steel [300010920]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>, iron alloy, steel (alloy), alloy steel, chrome steel)

	glass (material) [300010797]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material)

	iron (metal) [300011002]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, metal, <metal by composition or origin>, <iron and iron alloy>)

Dimensions: unavailable

Cultures:

Brazilian (preferred)

Style/Period/Group/Movement:

	Modernist [300021474] (preferred,N/A)
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, European, <modern European styles and movements>)

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness,undetermined)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: miscellaneous structures

Additional Notes:

Portuguese ..... Inaugurado em 1943, o edifício — peça central do projeto — integra o Conjunto Moderno da Pampulha, projetado por Oscar Niemeyer. Concebido inicialmente como cassino, o “Palácio de Cristal” começou a operar em 1942, antes mesmo da inauguração oficial do conjunto, em 1943. O cassino funcionou até a proibição dos jogos de azar no Brasil, em 1946. O edifício foi projetado com o objetivo de criar um ambiente luxuoso, utilizando a alternância entre volumes planos e curvos, jogos de luz e sombra e acabamentos como os panos de vidro na fachada.

Sources and Contributors:
Museu de Arte da Pampulha	........ [VP,ARQUI]
	........ ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-) https://www.arquigrafia.org.br/photos/2013
Museu de Arte de Belo Horizonte	........ [VP,ARQUI]
	........ ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-)
Pampulha Art Museum	........ [VP,ARQUI]
	........ ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-) https://www.arquigrafia.org.br/photos/2013
MAP	........ [VP,ARQUI]
	........ ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-)
Cassino da Pampulha	........ [VP]
	........ BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
Casino at Pampulha	........ [BWR,VP]
	........ BWR database (2010-) BWR3757185

Subject: ....... [BWR,ARQUI,VP]

....................... BWR database (2010-) BWR3757185

....................... BWR-05 Data Reconciliation (2020-2021) processed 2020-2021

....................... BWR SSID (2010-) 3757185

....................... BWR DSSC ID (2010-) 2556

....................... ARTstor: UCSD (2010-)

....................... ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-) https://www.arquigrafia.org.br/photos/2013

Note:
English	..... [BWR,VP,ARQUI]
	..... BWR database (2010-) BWR3757185
	..... ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-)
	..... Museu de Arte da Pampulha, in Enciclopédia Itaú (2026)
	..... Mendonça, Arte e arquitetura: Sobre o Museu de Arte da Pampulha (2013)
Portuguese	..... [ARQUI,VP]
	..... Museu de Arte da Pampulha, in Enciclopédia Itaú (2026)
	..... ARQ-USP-BR project (2025-)
	..... Mendonça, Arte e arquitetura: Sobre o Museu de Arte da Pampulha (2013)