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There are hundreds of community, state and national museums to experience throughout the country– but here are some highlights to get the tour started>>
A castle built on top of Chapultepec Hill (Chapultepec comes from Nahuatl chapoltepec and means "at the grasshopper hill"), located in the middle of Chapultepec Park in Mexico City at a height of 2,325 meters above sea level. It currently houses the Mexican National Museum of History. It is the only castle in North America that was occupied by European sovereigns
Located within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, Mexico. It contains significant anthropological finds from the nation of Mexico such as the as the Stone of the Sun (commonly known as the Aztec Calendar) and the 16th-century Aztec statue of Xochipilli.
Located in the first section of the Chapultepec Park inside the Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City. It hosts twelve showrooms that house objects from various stages in Mexican history, including the foundation of the Spanish Empire (known in Mexico as "The Conquest"), the New Spain and the Viceregal era.
The premier opera house of Mexico City. The building is famous for both its extravagant art nouveau exterior in imported Italian white marble and its murals Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, and David Alfaro. The theatre is used for classical music, opera and dance, notably the Baile Folklórico. A distinctive feature of the theatre is its stained glass curtain depicting a volcano and the valley of Mexico. The Palacio has two museums: the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes and the Museo de la Arquitectura.
Located in Chapultepec Park, Mexico City, Mexico. The museum is part of the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes and prepares exhibitions of national and international contemporary artists. The museum also hosts a permanent collection of art from Frida Kahlo, Olga Costa, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, José Clemente Orozco, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Leonora Carrington, Rufino Tamayo, Juan Soriano, and Vicente Rojo.
MUSEO DE ARTE DE SINALOA - MASIN
One of the most important art collections of the region. Among others, works by Juan Cordero, Francisco Goitia, Roberto Montenegro, Dr. Atl, José Luis Cuevas, Lilia Carrillo, Francisco Toledo, Rufino Tamayo, Pedro Coronel.
The building has been proclaimed a World Heritage Site. It also houses one of the acknowledged murals of José Clemente Orozco. Headquarters of the Instituto Cultural Cabañas. Permanent exhibitions of works by Orozco, Mathias Goeritz and many other well-known artists from the region.
MUSEO DE ARQUEOLOGíA DE OCCIDENTE DE MéXICO
Archaeological museum opened in 1959. The building is in the shape of a pyramid and is situated in the middle of the Agua Azul Park. Presents testimonies of ancient civilizations at the Valle de Atemajac, Jalisco, Colima and Nayarit.
This is the Mexican National Art Museum, located in the historical center of Mexico City. The museum is housed in a neoclassical building and houses a collection representing the history of Mexican art from the late pre-Hispanic era to the early 20th century.
Center for large temporary exhibitions, conferences, workshops, etc. One of the most important Colonial buildings in the historical center of Mexico City. Hosts the famous murals done in the 1920s by Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros and other important muralists.
CASA MUSEO ESTUDIO DE DIEGO RIVERA Y FRIDA KAHLO
House of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in San Angel.
The most important Mexican institution -and one of the leading American institutions- for artistic photography. Organizes temporary exhibits, international events like the Latin American Symposium for Photography, conferences, workshops, etc. Also has its own photo collection and library.
Named after Dr. Álvar Carrillo Gil and his wife Carmen, whose collection of contemporary Mexican art was founded the 1930s, and which now forms the basis of the museum. Includes important works by Orozco, Rivera and Siqueiros; generous Ukiyo-E collection (Japanese prints of the 19th and 20th centuries), as well as important national and international exhibitions of current art.
MUSEO MURAL DIEGO RIVERA
Houses the mural "Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in Alameda Park" by Diego Rivera (completed 1947/48 in the Hotel del Prado).
National Museum of Anthropology - the most important museum for Mexico's cultural heritage. The building was designed by the architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, and opened in 1964.
Founded in 1982 with collections from different museums, to bring together in one place an overview of the Mexican art from the 16th century until the 1950's.
Opened in 1981 with more than 300 works from a donation by painter Rufino Tamayo from Oaxaca (his own works and pieces by other well-known artists of the 20th century). Important Mexican and international temporary exhibitions, lectures, dance and theater performances, concerts, workshops, etc. Documentation center focusing on Rufino Tamayo. Architects Teodoro González de León and Abraham Zabludovsky received the National Architecture Prize in 1981 for the design of the building.
Founded in 1994. Painting, sculpture, printmaking and applied arts.: Mexican portraits of the 18th and 19th century; Arte Novohispano; 100 sculptures of Auguste Rodin.
Exhibition center of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). Interesting projects, particularly by young Mexican and foreign artists.
Museum of Contemporary Art. Opened in 1991 in a new building, designed by Ricardo Legorreta. Permanent collection and temporary exhibitions of arts from Mexico and Latin America.
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