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Museums in Mexico City

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The following is a list of museums in Mexico City:

 

Bellas Artes Museum
Mural paintings of Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros. National and International exhibitions.
Av. Juarez and Eje Central Lazaro Cardenas,
Centro Historico,
Mexico, D.F., 06000
Phone (52) 5704-2111 Ext. 147
Tuesday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
 Museums Mexico City
El Chopo Museum
Specialized in vanguard visual arts exhibits, experimental projects, proposals of marginal groups and young artists' work. Museum that also has a scenic space for representations of dance, music, theater, performance and diverse activities of university extension.
Enrique Gonzalez Martínez No.10
Santa Maria la Ribera
Mexico, D.F.
Phone: (52) 5546-5484 5546-8490 Fax: 5535-2186
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Diego Rivera Mural Museum
Diego Rivera's mural painting "Dream of a Sunday Afternoon at Popular Grove."
Light and sound show. Temporary exhibitions. Balderas and Colon. Centro Historico,
Mexico, D.F.
Phone (52) 5512-0754
Tuesday through Sunday: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Franz Mayer Museum(Spanish)
Mexican art museum,
Av. Hidalgo No. 45,
Centro Historico,
Mexico, D.F.
Phone (52) 5518-2266 to 71
French Alliance Museum
Alianza Francesa Polanco
Sócrates 16 corner with Homero
Col. Polanco
Mexico, D.F.
Phone (52) 5395.4636 & 5395.5152
Diego Rivera Studio and Museum
Diego Rivera's studio. Its main object is to show, investigate and preserve the painter's work and personal collection.
Diego Rivera and Altavista
San Angel Inn
Mexico, D.F., 01060
Phone (52) 5548-3032
Tuesday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Modern Art Musuem
Mexico City Museum of Modern Art that includes in its collection works of important XXth century Mexican masters, such as Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco, Rufino Tamayo, among others.
Reforma and Gandhi
Bosque de Chapultepec
Mexico D.F., 11560
Phone: 5553-6233 5211-8729 5211-8331 fax 5553-6211
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Mexico City Museum
Pino Suarez No. 30
Centro Historico
Mexico, D.F., 06000
Phone (52) 5542-0487
Leon Trotsky Museum
Viena No. 45
Coyoacan
Mexico, D.F.
National Museum of Anthropology
This museum shows Mexico's native history, form a remote past to present time.
Archeological objects and the ethnical groups that inhabit Mexico.
Reforma and Gandhi
Chapultepec Polanco
Mexico, D.F.,
Phone (52) 5553-6381
Tuesday through Sunday: 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Cost is 45 pesos, Free on Sundays
National Art Museum
Magnificent building from the first years of the XXth century. Mexican art from XVth century to the 1950s.
Tacuba No. 8
Centro Historico
Mexico, D.F.
Phone (52) 5512-3224
Tuesday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
National Museum of Print
National Museum of Print showcases the best of Mexican lithographs and photography.
Av. Hidalgo 39
Plaza de la Santa Veracruz
Mexico D.F., 11560
Phone: 5521-2244 or 5510-4905
Tuesday to Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
National Museum of Popular Culture
The museum organizes exhibitions and develops activities related to the cultural creativity of the Mexican people.
Av. Hidalgo 289
Del Carmen Coyoacan
Mexico, D.F.,
Phone (52) 5658-1267 5554-8848
Tuesday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
Pinacoteca Virreinal de San Diego
Building from XVth century, San Diego's Church in colonial times. Mexican Viceroy painting from XVth to first years of XIXth century.
Dr. Mora No. 7
Centro Historico
Mexico, D.F.,
Phone (52) 5510-2793
Tuesday through Sunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Rufino Tamayo Museum
The museum exhibits one of the most important collections of art from the XXth century in Mexico. Temporary exhibitions.
Reforma and Gandhi
Chapultepec Polanco
Mexico, D.F.
Phone (52) 5286-6519 5286-6599
Tuesday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
Templo Mayor Museum
Archeological site. Objects found during the excavations at the main square.
Seminario y Guatemala
Centro Historico
Mexico, D.F.,
Phone (52) 5542-1717
Tuesday through Sunday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
San Carlos Museum
Building from XIXth century; Magnificent oval courtyard. European painting and sculpture from XIVth to XIXth centuries.
Puente de Alvarado No. 50
Tabacalera
Mexico, D.F.,
Phone (52) 5566-8522 5592-3721
Wednesday through Monday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. 
San Ildefonso College
Justo Sierra 16, Centro Historico
Tel: 5702-3783 Fax: 5702-5223
Tuesday to Sunday 10 a.m. to 17:30 p.m.
San Angel Cultural Center
Av. Revolucion and Madero
San Angel
Mexico, D.F., 01000
Phone (52) 5548-2595
Centro de La Imagen
Museum of photography. Dedicated to the diffusion of photography and to the discussion around the language and the production of photographs.
Plaza de la Cuidadela 2, esquina Balderas,
Centro Historico (Metro Balderas)
Tel. 9172-4724/29
Carrillo Gil Museum (MCGIL)
National and international contemporary art from XXth century: Orozco, Rivera, Siqueiros and others.
Av. Revolucion No. 1608
San Angel
Mexico, D.F., 01000
Phone (52) 5550-3983
Tuesday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Art & Links

Here you can find interesting links.

Museo Diego Rivera
The first virtual museum devoted to Diego Rivera on the internet. 

Arte Mexico
This site gives you a calendar of exhibits and maps to guide you there.

Galeria Juan Martin

Nina Menocal

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