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Discover the best top things to do in Central Mexico and Gulf Coast, Central Mexico and Gulf Coast including Museo de Astronomia Prehispanica, Museo De Minerales Jesus Salinas, Museo de Bichos Queretaro, Museo de Geologia de la UNAM, Telares Uruapan, Palacio De La Medicina, Centro de Ciencias Explora, Museo del Agua "Agua para Siempre", Museo Tatsugoro Estudio de Bonsai Miguel Rios, Museo de Geologia del Instituto Politecnico Nacional.
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1. Museo de Astronomia Prehispanica
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 85 reviews
The Prehispanic Astronomical Museum addresses a 10 year archeoastronomical research made at Cañada de la Virgen archaeological site in San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato. The exposition explains the importance of the moon cycle at the site and the use of the pyramid as a calendar device.
Reviewed By 883liz - Chicago, United States
It was so worth the visit.! We stopped for lunch and a tour of the cultural astronomy museum at the Comida Prehispanica and the Mueso de Astronomia Prehispanica after a fascinating tour of the Pyramid at Canada de la Virgen (Albert Coffee). Altogether one of the best experiences of our lovely trip to San Miguel de Allende. Our reception from Dr. Rossana Quiro Ennis and her husband Jesus Real Ruiz was so warm and inviting. First we went to the back patio and watched one of the cooks prepare tortillas on the traditional comal while we began with our meal with delicious salsas and chips made from those ethereal tortillas. Two main dishes followed – one vegetable and the other with meat – then dessert and Mexican coffee. All the ingredients were not only organic and locally grown but food that was available to the indigenous people before the arrival of Spaniards. If this lunch was an example, they ate well! And so did we. When I asked Dr. Ennis how she and her husband decided to open both a restaurant and a museum, she explained, “We both found in cooking a way to connect the cycles of nature with the cycles of the sky, which was one of the main themes in prehispanic cosmogonic knowledge.” After lunch, Dr. Ennis described her involvement in the archeological exploration at the Pyramid. She had began by photographing the cycles of the moon as it rose behind the Pyramid over many years and observing the patterns as they must have appeared to the indigenous builders. As a cultural astronomer, she documented evidence of how the local Prehispanic people constructed the Pyramid to follow the complex, interlocking cycles of the moon and sun that they used to predict vital weather cycles and eclipses. She explained - at the level we could absorb - what she had discovered – and documented in her beautiful photographs. Do make time for this experience! It is uniquely engaging!!
2. Museo De Minerales Jesus Salinas
3. Museo de Bichos Queretaro
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 2 reviews
Somos un museo con más de 3000 insectos de distintas partes del mundo en exhibición que incluyen 30 tarántulas vivas con las que podrás interactuar y tomarte una foto
4. Museo de Geologia de la UNAM
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4.5 based on 35 reviews
This geological museum, affiliated with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, was designed to present the basic issues in the earth sciences.
Reviewed By lucia_romo89 - Mexico City, Mexico
This is such a rich and beautiful building full of very interesting pieces. A lovely biology student gave us a free tour. I highly recommend taking the tour, otherwise you’ll miss many of the wonders hidden.
5. Telares Uruapan
6. Palacio De La Medicina
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4.5 based on 21 reviews
Reviewed By packedandready2go
This museum displays the history of medicine in Mexico beginning with indigenous people hundreds of years before westerners arrived. The exhibits are well laid out with displays of various herbal plants and their uses, the evolution of the microscope, several old doctors’ offices, etc. The building is also very attractive though it was previously the headquarters of the Inquisition in Mexico. Note that the exhibit explanations are almost all in spanish so this museum is probably not worth visiting unless one can read the local language.
7. Centro de Ciencias Explora
8. Museo del Agua "Agua para Siempre"
9. Museo Tatsugoro Estudio de Bonsai Miguel Rios
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4.5 based on 5 reviews
10. Museo de Geologia del Instituto Politecnico Nacional
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4.0 based on 2 reviews
This government-run museum is dedicated to educating visitors on key issues in geology.
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