Museums Mexico_City

museo frida kahlo



museo soumaya

mexico city has numerous museums dedicated art, including mexican colonial, modern , contemporary art, , international art. museo tamayo opened in mid-1980s house collection of international contemporary art donated famed mexican (born in state of oaxaca) painter rufino tamayo. collection includes pieces picasso, klee, kandinsky, warhol , many others, though of collection stored while visiting exhibits shown. museo de arte moderno (museum of modern art) repository of mexican artists 20th century, including rivera, orozco, siqueiros, kahlo, gerzso, carrington, tamayo, among others, , regularly hosts temporary exhibits of international modern art. in southern mexico city, museo carrillo gil (carrillo gil museum) showcases avant-garde artists, university museum/contemporary art (museo universitario arte contemporáneo – or muac), designed famed mexican architect teodoro gonzález de león, inaugurated in late 2008.

the museo soumaya, named after wife of mexican magnate carlos slim, has largest private collection of original rodin sculptures outside paris. has large collection of dalí sculptures, , began showing pieces in masters collection including el greco, velázquez, picasso , canaletto. museum inaugurated new futuristic-design facility in 2011 north of polanco, while maintaining smaller facility in plaza de loreto in southern mexico city. colección júmex contemporary art museum located on sprawling grounds of jumex juice company in northern industrial suburb of ecatepec. said have largest private contemporary art collection in latin america , hosts pieces permanent collection traveling exhibits leading contemporary artists. new museo júmex in nuevo polanco slated open in november 2013. museo de san ildefonso, housed in antiguo colegio de san ildefonso in mexico city s historic downtown district 17th-century colonnaded palace housing art museum regularly hosts world-class exhibits of mexican , international art. recent exhibits have included on david lachapelle, antony gormley , ron mueck. national museum of art (museo nacional de arte) located in former palace in historic center. houses large collection of pieces major mexican artists of last 400 years , hosts visiting exhibits.

reconstruction of entrance hochob temple in national museum of anthropology

jack kerouac, noted american author, spent extended periods of time in city, , wrote masterpiece volume of poetry mexico city blues here. american author, william s. burroughs, lived in colonia roma neighborhood of city time. here accidentally shot wife.

most of mexico city s more 150 museums can visited tuesday sunday 10 am 5 pm, although of them have extended schedules, such museum of anthropology , history, open 7 pm. in addition this, entrance museums free on sunday. in cases modest fee may charged.

another major addition city s museum scene museum of remembrance , tolerance (museo de la memoria y tolerancia), inaugurated in 2011. brainchild of 2 young mexican women holocaust museum, idea morphed unique museum dedicated showcasing major historical events of discrimination , genocide. permanent exhibits include on holocaust , other large-scale atrocities. houses temporary exhibits; 1 on tibet inaugurated dalai lama in september 2011.