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Located in Alameda Central, the Franz Mayer Museum is housed in a former hospice and peaceful retreat from the bustling city. The items featured include ceramics, silver, furniture, textiles…
The Frida Kahlo Museum in Coyoacán was home to the Mexican painter and her husband, Mexican/Spanish muralist Diego Rivera. Evidence of her life - clay pots, a wheelchair, pre-Colombian art -…
Housed in a grand hacienda in Xochimilco, the Dolores Olmedo Patiño Museum boasts 127 paintings by Spanish/Mexican muralist Diego Rivera and 25 works by Frida Kahlo, as well as collections of…
The Museum of Modern Art in Bosque de Chapultepec has permanent exhibitions featuring works by Rivera, Kahlo, Siqueiros, Tamayo and Dr Atl. It also hosts temporary exhibits of the work of…
The Leon Trotsky Museum in Coyoacán, with its riflemen's watchtowers atop high stone walls, relives the period he took refuge here before he was killed. Trotsky's office has been left as it…
Museum of the Cultures of Oaxaca
Trace Oaxaca's lengthy history of pre-Hispanic and present-day indigenous cultures at the Museum of the Cultures of Oaxaca. Tools, clothing, colonial artefacts and archaeological finds are on…
San Diego Fort & Acapulco Historical Museum
Built in a pentagonal shape, Acapulco's 18th-century San Diego Fort was constructed to defend the city from pirates. Today the fort houses the Acapulco Historical Museum with exhibitions about…
This pyramid-shaped Aztec temple, uncovered in 1976, was once used for human sacrifices. Today the Templo Mayor and Museum in the Centro Histórico is an archaeological site. Most of the…
Gawp in horror at over 100 mummies in the Guanajuato Museum of Mummies, that first began its collection in 1865 and highlights the Mexican obsession with death. Unusual amounts of lime and…
National Museum of Anthropology
A modernist architectural masterpiece and the city's finest museum, the National Museum of Anthropology in Chapultepec brings Mexico's history and ethnography to life. The display on the…
Mazatlán Archaeological Museum
Mazatlán Archaeological Museum offers an insight into local and Mexican history, with various exhibits found in the area on permanent display. There are also temporary exhibitions, cultural…
Mazatlán's Historical Centre has all the charm of a well-preserved colonial-style town, although in fact much of it was built after independence.
The Galería de Arte Mexicano has been at the nerve centre of Mexican contemporary art since it opened in 1935. Many of the artists it promotes are among the country's finest. Buy your…
Oaxaca Art Gallery shines the spotlight on the region's finest artists, past and present, in a marvellously preserved colonial house with a sunlit central courtyard in the city centre. The…
Trace European art from the 14th century to the start of the 20th century at the National Museum of San Carlos in Mexico City's Cuauhtémoc district. The permanent exhibition explores…
The House of Masks (Casa de la Máscara) in Acapulco has a wonderfully large display of brightly coloured masks. Visit the museum to discover the art of Guerrero state and an insight into…
Over 100 years of car design are traced at Mexico City's Automobile Museum. The permanent collection holds more than 95 cars and is refreshed every three months. Prized makes such as Rolls…
