Mexico Metropolis is house to a formidable array of museums – a staggering 185 are throughout the capital. In the event you dwell in Mexico or have checked out Mexico Metropolis customer guides, you’ve got undoubtedly heard of the Nationwide Museum of Anthropology in Chapultepec, UNAM’s Modern Artwork Museum, the Rufino Tamayo Museum and Polanco’s Soumaya.
Apart from these iconic establishments, the town has many hidden gems which can be value a visit in case you’re within the neighborhood. So, in case you’re looking for distinctive cultural experiences off the crushed path, these quirky museums must be on the prime of your itinerary.
Chocolate World Museum (MUCH) (Chocolate World Museum): Unravel the secrets and techniques of everybody’s favourite responsible pleasure
Think about a museum whose sole objective is so that you can scent dozens of chocolate bars on the wall. Or one other the place you possibly can recognize chocolate sculptures made by skilled cooks. Anticipate this and extra in case you go to the MUCHO, situated within the central colony Juárez.
Don’t be concerned, you’ll get to eat chocolate right here! However that is not all: it’s also possible to reserve a bunch spot to make your personal chocolate in a cooking class or attend quite a lot of inexpensive and enjoyable workshops all year long — Guests this April can adorn their very own chocolate Easter eggs.
Opening occasions: 11 am to five pm every day.
In trance: 500 pesos
Anahuacalli Museum: Discover Diego Rivera’s spectacular pre-Hispanic assortment
Ever needed to go to a museum whose construction was an artwork piece itself? Born out of muralist Diego Rivera’s need to offer a novel area for his artwork assortment, and as a deliberate (however finally unused) mausoleum for himself and Frida Kahlo, Anahuacalli’s design and structure search to recreate a teocalli, a pre-Hispanic temple. Made out of volcanic rock, its partitions harbor 23 completely different rooms and a central patio.
Situated within the mental coronary heart of the town, Coyoacán, this museum displays a everlasting assortment of pre-Hispanic artwork as soon as owned by Rivera. These items are all consultant of the cultures that flourished in Mesoamerica earlier than the arrival of the Spanish.
Additionally a cultural middle, the Anahuacalli phases frequent theater performances and holds varied cultural actions all through the week, from choir follow to bop classes, e-book golf equipment, and different workshops.
Opening occasions: Tuesday-Sunday 11 am to six pm
In trance: 100 pesos
Kaluz Museum: Uncover the essence of Mexican tradition and artwork by way of 5 centuries
A seemingly random artwork assortment that seeks to outline “what’s Mexican” by way of 4 most important themes: panorama, lifeless nature, portraits, and style artwork.
Not truly random in any respect, nevertheless, this museum has all kinds of Mexican and international artwork from the seventeenth to the twenty first century, together with an enormous physique of labor from Spanish exiles who got here to Mexico after their Civil Struggle.
Kaluz is simply three years outdated and the soul of what as soon as was the Lodge del Cortes, a hostel courting the yr 1620 situated within the streets of the historic middle. Aside from galleries, the museum additionally has a restaurant, a espresso store, and a rooftop from which you’ll be able to recognize the gorgeous downtown and its environment.
Each month they maintain workshops, talks, courses, and different cultural actions in step with Kaluz’s inventive mission.
Opening occasions: Wednesday to Monday, 10 a.m. to five p.m.
In trance: 60 pesos, free on Wednesdays
Nationwide Museum of In style Cultures: Celebrating Mexico’s wealthy cultural heritage
This museum is an area that research, preserves, and celebrates indigenous and fashionable tradition. Its exhibitions are short-term and ranging in measurement, however all the time look to unfold consciousness of fashionable and indigenous Mexican artwork.
Situated in Coyoacán’s bustling most important sq., the museum is a perfect addition to journeys to Frida Kahlo’s Casa Azul, or Diego Rivera’s Anahuacalli.
The present exhibition, entitled “Zapata Lives!” runs till March 26 and is devoted to one of the crucial vital political and social actions within the final 40 years of Mexican historical past: the Zapatista motion.
Opening occasions: Tuesday-Sunday 11 am to six pm
In trance: 18 pesos, free for over 60s and under-13s. Free on Sundays.
Estanquillo Museum: Mexico’s cultural tapestry by way of the lens of a literature trailblazer
Situated in a fantastically grand nook constructing within the historic middle of the town, this museum is made for lovers of literature, artwork, and Mexican historical past alike. It displays over ten thousand items of labor that comprise the gathering of latest Mexican author Carlos Monosiváis. This consists of engravings, manuscripts, sculptures, images, and historic paperwork. The gathering options a number of different artists and writers and serves as a chronicle of Mexico’s social and political historical past.
The present exhibition, “Cartoons and Revolution,” talks concerning the significance that satirical expression had earlier than and in the course of the revolution. A group of drawings, prints, oil work, and pictures, amongst others, can be up till the tip of April of this yr.
Opening occasions: Wednesday to Monday, 10 am to six pm
In trance: Free
Montserrat Castro Gómez is a contract author and translator from Querétaro, Mexico.
