Best Museums & Art in Mexico

Local Recommendations from our My Guide Mexico team

Mexico has an immense abundance of pre-Hispanic, colonial, and contemporary art that can be found in its collections, as well as in public areas and in the rich remains of indigenous architecture.

Mexican art, with its luminous color and a particular form, is one of the most vibrant and enchanting features of a heterogeneous national culture. There are many types of museums and Mexico has them all. This section is handpicked by our Local Experts Team.

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Dedicated itself to telling stories through artifacts that have accompanied daily life in our country for more than 200 years.

MUCHO

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Located in a magnificent house dating back to 1909 in Colonia Juárez, on Milan's corner of Roma street, the Chocolate Museum opens its doors to an elegant and cozy atmosphere.

Mayor Temple Museum

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Its creation was a consequence of the archaeological excavations carried out by the Templo Mayor Project in its first season, between 1978 and 1982.

Memory and Tolerance Museum

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Its mission is to spread the importance of tolerance, non-violence, and Human Rights. Raise awareness through historical memory, particularly from genocides and other crimes

Museum of Popular Art

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An indisputable reference in Mexican popular art, promoting it through its permanent, temporary, and traveling exhibitions.

Diego Rivera Mural Museum

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The museum was built in 1986, with the aim of housing the mural Dream of a Sunday afternoon in the Alameda Central because it was located in the Hotel del Prado that suffered serious damage in the 1985 earthquakes that affected Mexico City.

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National History Museum

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The National Museum of History is the site that keeps the memory of the history of Mexico, from the conquest of Tenochtitlan to the Mexican Revolution.

Frida Khalo Museum

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In this beautiful residence, the artist lived most of her life; initially with his family and years later, with Diego Rivera.

Palace of Bellas Artes

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The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a cultural venue located in the Historic Center of Mexico City, considered the most important in the manifestation of the arts in Mexico, and one of the most renowned opera houses in the world.

University Museum of Contemporary Art

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The MUAC, on November 26, 2018, celebrated 10 years of being a benchmark of national and international visual culture. Its renewed and dynamic image crystallizes its vitality in accordance with the current and avant-garde spirit of university space. Since its opening, it has received more than 5 million visitors.

Anthropology National Museum

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For more than five decades, it has fulfilled the mission of researching, conserving, exhibiting, and disseminating the most important archaeological and ethnographic collections in the country.

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