Top five museums in Mexico City, Mexico - Beyond Tequila and Tacos
Top five museums in Mexico City, Mexico
The country's capital, Mexico City is the second largest megalopolis in the world (behind only Tokyo) and is a Megapolis with its unique flavor and surrealist. Proudly holds to be one of the cultural capitals of the continent and the world and is proud to be the city with more museums worldwide.
Your cultural options are really large with museums ranging from the economy them and the post-classical art to beer and cartoons. It's easy to get lost in this sea of museums (which are over 100 and counting) if you have not a clear idea of what to see, and actually a Top 5 is not enough to put only a minimal part of all its museums. But if this is the first time you travel to Mexico, here I leave a seleccions of its most popular museums.
1. Museo Nacional de Antropologia e Historia:
Is one of the most important museum venues in Mexico and Latin America. Is designed to house and display the archeological heritage of the peoples who inhabited the territory before the arrival of the Conquest and to account for the current ethnic diversity country (ranked in 2o place worldwide). The collection of the National Museum of Anthropology is comprised of numerous archaeological and ethnographic pieces from around Mexico. Some of the most emblematic pieces of the collection is "La piedra del Sol" or the Aztec Calender.
2. Museo Templo Mayor:
The Temple and the Temple enclosure were the absolute center of the Aztec religious life. It is located in the Historic Center of Mexico City. The Museum's goal is to present the findings in the place. The museum is divided into 8 themed rooms.
3.Museo Soumaya
s one of newest museums in the city and with pride is the biggest museum of Latin America. The Museum is located in Granada the colony expansion of the delegation Miguel Hidalgo in Mexico City, and has more than 66,000 works of art, including both pre-Hispanic times as the twentieth century Mexican painting. It is considered one of the most Complete of its kind. It is sponsored by the Mexican entrepreneur Carlos Slim. Its name honors the memory of Domit Soumaya Gemayel, wife of the businessman, died in 1999. The work had cost about 47 million euros. The museum, with free admission throughout the year (including Holy Week), offers school tours, family and special groups and in to English (by reservation). Is a journey over thirty centuries of art, visitors can see samples of the following collections, coins, Mexican Portraits, Old Masters in Europe and New Spain, Mexican and European landscapes of the nineteenth century. Impressionism and early avant-garde, Mesoamerican Cultures, and the last level is the collection of sculptures (original pieces by Auguste Rodin, which is the second most important set of the French author in the world, and dreaming of Salvador Dalí)
4. Papalote Museo del Niño:
El Papalote is an interactive museum for children and adults. It is focuses on fostering learning, communication and fellowship through various activities. Since its inception, the museum has sustained its content and mission in the joint work of teachers, educators, scientists, artists, architects and specialists in the public child always seeking to maintain innovation in their rooms. The mega-screen that it is in third dimension, and the Digital Dome is unique in Latin America.
5. Museo Casa Frida Khalo:
The Museum of Frida Kahlo's "La Casa Azul" (The blue house) is practically in the center of Coyoacan in Mexico City. The house belonged to the Kahlo family since 1904 and in 1958 became a museum. In this house was born, lived and died Frida Kahlo, you can visit the rooms that contain many of her personal belongings. Also in her bedroom are the ashes of the painter. In it you'll find some of the most famous works of the painter. In the house also lived Diego Rivera during his marriage to Frida Kahlo, and therefore also in the house is located part of the pre-Hispanic art collection of Diego Rivera.
