Location: Guanajuato
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Top 10 Specialty Museums in Guanajuato, Guanajuato
Best known for its Festival Cervantino, an arts festival that draws attendance from around the world, Guanajuato is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Its old town dates back to the 16th century, and you can visit many of Mexico’s important religious and artistic sites. Guanajuato was also home to the Mexican independence movement and the site of the first failed rebellion against colonial rule.
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1. Museo Iconografico del Quijote
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 425 reviews
This museum is dedicated to the story of Don Quixote and displays statues, murals and other depictions of this famous literary figure.
Reviewed By PaulPapich - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
My wife and I loved this museum. Imagine, an entire museum dedicated to the mythical exploits of a fictional character. This might seem absurd, but then you visit the museum and the genius of the place reveals itself. The many galleries contain lovely works of art depicting the improbable events in the lives of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, and scholarly books about the author, Don Miguel de Cervantes, and his world-famous book. My wife and I loved this place. In fact, we visited twice in our five-day stay.
2. Museo del Pueblo de Guanajuato
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 93 reviews
3. Museo Del Papel
4. Casa Museo Gene Byron
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 59 reviews
Reviewed By SJtravellers
American artist marries and she and hubby buy an old hacienda and renovate it. Now it is a museum since Gene Byron, the American artist, dies. But she was amazing. There is an abundance of her paintings on display, in a really enviable setting. (I so wanted to have bought that place, dozens of years ago). But she was not merely a painter. She also designed furniture, and lamps, and dishes, and other things I can't remember. The overall impression is of a very sophisticated and talented renaissance woman with the means to create a wonderful oasis of tranquility. Pretty much my favorite museum in the Guanajuato area. Highly recommended. Nice gift shop, and great coffee in the coffee shop. Oh--they have Sunday piano concerts. We heard someone practicing in this amazing and wonderful gallery, upstairs, and I would have loved to have been able to be there for a full concert. Check out their web site.
5. Museo Olga Costa Jose Chavez Morad
6. Museo del siglo XIX
7. Museo Palacio de los Poderes
8. Museo Valenciana 1791
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
Museo Valenciana 1791 is located in the historical Mine La Valenciana in Guanajuato, Guanajuato. It protects the emblematic buildings of the San José's General Shaft and the Hacienda for the Ore process. Visit us!
9. Museo de Cera
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 3 reviews
10. Guanajuato School of Mines
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