10 Museums in San Luis Potosi That You Shouldn't Miss

April 12, 2022 Almeta Stockton

Discover the best top things to do in San Luis Potosi, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast including Museo Leonora Carrington, Museo Leonora Carrington, Hacienda de Bocas, National Museum of Regional Masks (Museo Nacional de la Mascara), Museo Francisco Cossio, Jardin Escultorico Edward James, Museo Silva Federico, Museo Regional Potosino, Museo Laberinto, Museo Del Ferrocarril Jesus Garcia Corona.
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1. Museo Leonora Carrington

Calzada de Guadalupe 705 Centro de las Artes de San Luis Potosi Centenario, San Luis Potosi 78340 Mexico +52 444 137 4100 [email protected] http://leonoracarringtonmuseo.org
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5.0 based on 46 reviews

Museo Leonora Carrington

Reviewed By RicardoZepedaC - Mexico City, Mexico

Are you a museum lover? Do you want to know a special place? In San Luis Potosí city you will find a new unforgettable experience: the old prison has become the Center of Arts. The old and empty buildings have been recovered and have been remodeled magnificently and different areas have been created to practice different activities: Music, Dance, Painting, etc. Fortunately there you will find the new Leonora Carrington Museum; experts in museum design have created perfectly ordered spaces to exhibit the magnificent and surrealist master pieces of art by Leonora, and have created an enjoyable experience and unforgettable tour. It is a highly recommended and unmissable visit if you travel to the beautiful city of San Luis Potosí!

2. Museo Leonora Carrington

Calle Miguel Alvarez Acosta 109, Xilitla 79900 Mexico +52 489 365 0442 https://www.facebook.com/museoleonoracarringtonxilitla/
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5.0 based on 21 reviews

Museo Leonora Carrington

3. Hacienda de Bocas

Calle Miguel Barragan 586-610 Mexico [email protected] https://www.haciendadebocas.com/
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5.0 based on 2 reviews

Hacienda de Bocas

4. National Museum of Regional Masks (Museo Nacional de la Mascara)

Calle Villerias 2, San Luis Potosi 78000 Mexico +52 444 812 3025 http://www.museodelamascaraslp.org/
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4.5 based on 221 reviews

National Museum of Regional Masks (Museo Nacional de la Mascara)

Reviewed By martha5447

They are not always open so be sure you get a right day and time. It's in the center of city so it's no loss if you have to return or wait. It's a wonderful museum. I love seeing the different masks of Mexico.Staff was friendly and the museum shop was great with many locally made crafts.

5. Museo Francisco Cossio

Av Venustiano Carranza 1815, San Luis Potosi 78270 Mexico +52 444 813 2247 [email protected] https://www.museofranciscocossio.com/
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4.5 based on 33 reviews

Museo Francisco Cossio

6. Jardin Escultorico Edward James

Camino Paseo Las Pozas s/n, Xilitla 79902 Mexico [email protected] http://www.laspozasxilitla.org.mx/
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4.5 based on 1,192 reviews

Jardin Escultorico Edward James

The sculpture park Las Pozas, located in Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, was created by Edward James, an eccentric English poet and artist, also a great patron of the Surrealist movement. Nestled in the Huasteca Potosina, Edward James found the perfect setting to create the work of his life. Between natural and artificial pools and waterfalls that prepare the mind to enter into a dreamy world, a surrealistic labyrinth unfolds. Buildings that evoke nonsense, doors that open up to nothing, stairs that lead to the sky, and concrete flowers that grow at the same time as the natural ones. The design of Las Pozas is inspired both in orchids and the greenery of the Huasteca Potosina, it combines ideas and concepts taken from the Surrealist movement in which Edward James was immersed. A Shangri-la, a fusion between organic and artificial things, between the jungle and concrete, thus managing to merge two worlds in just one. The origin of Las Pozas goes back to 1947, when Edward James (who lived in some kind of exile in the United States), purchased a coffee plantation near Xilitla, San Luis Potosí, and registered it in the name of Plutarco Gastelum, his close friend, together they created Las Pozas. During the first years, Edward James kept the Las Pozas as a display of his fabulous orchid collection, and as home for his many exotic pets. In 1962, after an unprecedented frost that destroyed a huge part of Edward James' plantation, he concentrated on constructing the sculptural garden we know today. The sculptural set of Xilitla is located inside a piece of land situated in a place called La Conchita, township of Xilitla, San Luis Potosí. It takes up an area of almost nine hectares. Between 1964 and 1967, the renowned painter, Leonora Carrington, visited the park, leaving an al fresco painted mural in El Castillo, Plutarco Gastelum's house, also Edward James' home during his visits. The image of the painting corresponds to a figure with human feminine traits and a zoomorph head. In 2007, the Fundación Pedro y Elena Hernández, A.C, acquired Las Pozas with the purpose of preserving the sculptures and protecting the flora of its surroundings. The Fundación Pedro y Elena Hernández, A. C., besides being in charge of receiving more than 80 thousand visitors each year, also works on: - The preservation and restoration of the structure - The preservation and restoration of the garden - The preservation and restoration of the areas of woods that belong to the property

Reviewed By AstralTravelMX

Picture yourself being transported to your wildest dream, to a land of creatures of the nature and out of this world scenery. You have to get a guide, you could hire someone at the entrace and they will tell you about the tales, the construction and the story of the creator and his friends. Our guide told us so many people visit, it is deteriorating very quickly. They have talked about closing it permanently to the public so go before its too late!

7. Museo Silva Federico

Alvaro Obregon 80, San Luis Potosi 78210 Mexico +52 444 812 3848 http://www.museofedericosilva.org/index2.html
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4.5 based on 49 reviews

Museo Silva Federico

Reviewed By An0nyMs

As I slowly walked through the exhibition of massive sculpture by Fererico Silva, I felt like I was in a major art museum in a big city. The building is interesting, too; the architecture adds to the works of art. I'll include a photo of a narrow stairway down to a lower level and the ground-floor entrance beyond.

8. Museo Regional Potosino

Plaza Aranzazu S/N, San Luis Potosi 7800 Mexico +52 444 812 0358
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4.5 based on 47 reviews

Museo Regional Potosino

9. Museo Laberinto

Blvd. Antonio Rocha Cordero S/N, Col. Tierra Blanca, San Luis Potosi 78364 Mexico +52 444 102 7800 http://www.museolaberinto.com/
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4.5 based on 179 reviews

Museo Laberinto

10. Museo Del Ferrocarril Jesus Garcia Corona

Chicosein S/N Cruz Con Manuel Jose Othon Centro Historico, San Luis Potosi 78000 Mexico +52 444 814 3589 http://culturaslp.gob.mx/museos/sanluis/museodelferrocarril
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4.5 based on 94 reviews

Museo Del Ferrocarril Jesus Garcia Corona

Reviewed By JonyEX - El Arenal, Mexico

My father´s family has a train history on the blood, so every time we find some train museums, exhibitions or any other kind of attraction we try to visit it. We got there after the breakfast, not any problem to find parking because we went on Sunday, the place is located in downtown so could be a mess if you are driving. The person at the ticket office offered us, for an extra charge, a ride in a small train to go around the building and see things from another perspective, I´m glad we took it, I recommend it. There is a massive steam locomotive at the entrance and it´s perfect for the pictures. The museum used to be the train station when the service was working for passengers. There is a lot of information and history to learn about the train service in general, including most important things of train service in Mexico and San Luis Potosi station and routes. Nice, clean and spaced toilets. The museum has some rooms inside and a great park with different train cars that you can visit and take some great pictures on them. Make sure to visit the second floor to admire a unique trains scale model donated by an amazing trains collectors. There is also a coffee shop at the top floor with a great view terrace to enjoy a drink and cool down or sip a coffee.

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