Inhotim is a contemporary art museum and botanical garden in Brumadinho, Minas Gerais, Brazil, about 37 miles (60 km) from Belo Horizonte. It is one of the largest outdoor art centers in Latin America. Founded in 2004 by the former mining magnate Bernardo Paz to house his collection, it opened to the public in 2006.
The grounds cover about 1,942 acres, of which roughly 1,087 acres are preservation areas. The botanical garden was designed by the landscape artist Roberto Burle Marx and holds about 5,000 plant species, including 1,300 types of palm. Around two dozen art pavilions hold more than 500 works by artists such as Hélio Oiticica, Yayoi Kusama and Anish Kapoor.
Notable structures include a geodesic dome designed in 2008 by Paula Zasnicoff Cardoso of Arquitetos Associados, and a Kusama pavilion opened in 2023.
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