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Things to do in Mexico City, Mexico: The Best Museums
Rising from the ruins of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, Mexico City offers a unique collision of contemporary city life and historic preservation. World-class museums, restaurants and parks rub shoulders with the remains of several cultures. The nightlife, the shopping and the history make it a must-see regardless of your travel style.
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1. Museo Frida Kahlo
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4.5 based on 9,703 reviews
The lifelong home of Frida Kahlo is now a museum dedicated to the work of this famous 20th-century artist.
Reviewed By Seanspacifica - St. Albans, United Kingdom
I highly recommend visiting the Frida Kahlo museum, and if you’re English it’s worth paying the extra pesos to have an audio guide. The house is beautiful with so many original artifacts and paintings, and it’s a great way to get a feel for the colourful character that Frida Kahlo was. It’s a very popular attraction so to avoid VERY long queues, it’s best to book ahead.
2. Museo Casa De Leon Trotsky
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4.5 based on 584 reviews
The house where Leon Trotsky, the exiled Russian leader, lived the final three years of his life in the 1930s.
Reviewed By MissMem - Memphis, United States
The Trosky museum/home is not far from the Kahlo museum/home. The stories of these two people and their lifestyles are profoundly connected. Trotsky was a house guest at the Kahlo home and after an assassination attempt moved to his own dwelling. The museum is fascinating in its attempt to preserve Trotsky's life style and his political beliefs. This visual history lesson needs to be experienced.
3. Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli
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4.5 based on 552 reviews
This impressive building made of volcanic stone was designed by Diego Rivera and houses his collection of pre-Columbian art.
Reviewed By Calistogababe - Oaxaca, Mexico
I love pre-Colombian artifacts and this display of 2,000 of Diego Rivera's 50,000 artifact collection is really beautiful. I also love that the museum is organized on the 3 levels of the Mayan world vision: level one: the underworld; level two: our terrestrial world; level three: heaven so when you enter this black volcanic rock Mayan temple, it's very dark and gets progressively more light as you climb up. For Diego Rivera fans: this is not a museum of his typical murals and paintings. It is an opportunity to experience another side of him as an architect and a man with a passion for pre-Colombian artifacts (50,000 of them). He has designed magnificent murals made of stone in the ceilings of the rooms and on the 3rd level which is heaven, are displayed his original sketches for many famous murals including 2 of the 3 panels for the destroyed mural at the Rockefeller Center. Practical details: there is a café that serves sandwiches, drinks, snacks etc. It's COLD inside this place..the walls are 3 feet thick rock. And on the weekends only there is a shuttle bus from Frida's Blue House to this museum and back. I went on a Wednesday and took Uber and it was about a 45 minute ride at 10am and back at 3pm (to beat the commuter traffic).
4. Museo Nacional de las Intervenciones
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4.5 based on 72 reviews
This museum features exhibits on the history of military conquests by foreign nations in Mexico.
5. Museo Nacional de la Acuarela
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4.5 based on 36 reviews
Reviewed By HCmundo - Dublin, Ireland
The regular exhibition is open for a self tour in the main “house” featuring a range of watercolor paintings and a few litho prints. The additional halls and activities are shuttered temporarily. But the garden is very well kept and the outdoor cafe is open for coffee. Great place to start or wind up your walk. Very close to the expansive Vivero public garden and not far from the Santa Caterina chapel.
6. Museo Universitario de Arte Contemporaneo
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4.5 based on 204 reviews
Reviewed By ScoopTraveler - New York City, United States
You should come here if you like contemporary art. The building is super contemporary too. Changing exhibitions create a lot of variety and unpredictability. The campus is great, especially O'Gorman's library building covered in mosaics.
7. Museo Escultorico de Geles Cabrera
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
This recently opened museum displays the sculptures of Geles Cabrera.
8. Museo Nacional de las Culturas Populares
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4.0 based on 70 reviews
This museum features a large number of exhibits regarding archeology and anthropology from around the world.
Reviewed By brandeeztravels - San Jose, United States
After going to Casa Azul we walked to this museum and loved it. The art featured is representative of the different cultures of Mexico. There were 3 exhibits open and we loved all of them- each of them highlighted very different artists from banners of Oaxacan towns to modern commentary on the Virgin Guadalupe to intricate hand painted Alebrijes on skulls. In short - if you're in this neighborhood- GO HERE! It's a great look into the different cultures around Mexico today.
9. Museo del Automovil
10. Universum Museo de las Ciencias de la UNAM
Overall Ratings
4.0 based on 85 reviews
