The Belém Museum of Art aims to preserve, restore, expand, research and publicize its heritage and foster various forms of artistic manifestations, as well as provide services to the student community, mainly in the field of art-education. Besides the permanent exhibitions, the institution organizes and hosts temporary and itinerant exhibitions, maintains guided tours for groups of students from public and private schools, artistic awareness workshops, events complementary to the thematic exhibitions, and lectures for organized groups from civil society. Among the permanent projects, Pontearte stands out, created in 2008 in partnership with Cidade Velha Cidade Viva association (CiVViva), aiming to develop activities to enhance the cultural heritage and stimulate artistic production with underprivileged children from Beco do Carmo.
