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Ruth Lechuga Museum and Home: Mexico City

Ruth Lechuga Museum and Home: Mexico City

Museo de Frida Kahlo (Museum/ Historic Home) : Mexico City

Museo de Frida Kahlo (Museum/ Historic Home) : Mexico City

Aguascalientes City: State of Aguascalientes

The city of Aguascalientes is the capital of the state of Aguascalientes in western central Mexico. It stands on the banks of the Río Aguascalientes, 1888 metres above sea level, at 21°51′ N 102°18′ W. The city was founded on 22 October 1575 and elevated to city status in 1816. It became the capital of the newly formed state when it was split off from neighbouring Zacatecas in 1835. People from Aguascalientes (both the city and the state) are known by the whimsical Spanish demonym hidrocálidos. The city is home to the first-division football team, Necaxa. Aguascalientes also organises the largest fair held

Aguascalientes : Aguascalientes

Aguascalientes : Aguascalientes State Aguascalientes city (1990 pop. 455,234), capital of Aguascalientes state, central Mexico. The city is a pleasant health resort, noted for its mineral waters and vineyards. Its industries include railroad repair and the manufacture of textiles. Aguascalientes is built over an ancient, intricate system of tunnels constructed by early, still unidentified, inhabitants. Founded in 1575, the city was long a Spanish outpost; railroad development in the late 19th cent. gave it commercial importance. Cultural life of Aguascalientes city The city is home to the first-division football team, Necaxa. Aguascalientes also organises the largest fair held in Mexico, the

Iran’s artifacts selected to Mexico Museum

Iran's artifacts selected to Mexico Museum The selected articles by the experts of Iranian and Mexican museums have been sent to the restoration workshop of Iran?s National Museum to be examined whether or not they can be sent to Mexico to be displayed, said CHN. The exhibition of the ?10,000 Years of Iranian Art? will be held in Mexico City on April 2006, displaying several artifacts from the pre-historic era to the end of Qajar dynasty. Last month, a Mexican Museum expert came to Tehran and selected some items in the National Museum of Iran with the cooperation of some Iranian experts

Museo Nacional de la Revolución : Mexico City

Museo Nacional de la Revolución The Museum of the Revolution offers an excellent opportunity to us to approach to us up to one of the more important historical times of this country. By means of objects and biographies of its main protagonists, one of the most violent and bloody times recreates to which the country must some of the most important profits of its last time. A visit to the museum can be an excellent departure point to enter to us in the study of this important political event. The videos that project in several spaces of the museum constitute very

Museo Nacional de Arte (National Art Museum) : Mexico City

Museo Nacional de Arte (National Art Museum) This museum is located opposite to the Palacio de Mineria, near the main post office. It was built in 1904 and designed by Italian Architect, Silvio Contri, as the Palacio de Comunicaciones. The building has a magnificent staircase made by the Florentine firm Pignone. It houses and great collection of Mexican paintings, drawings, sculptures and ceramics, during the 16th century to 1950. It has the largest number of paintings (more than 100) by Jose Maria Velasco in Mexico City.

Autorretrato: Mexico City

Autorretrato: Mexico City An art museum that also features classes on how to paint a self-portrait through the use of a mirror. Attraction type: Museum

Oaxaca Regional Museum (Museo Regional de Oaxaca): Oaxaca

Oaxaca Regional Museum (Museo Regional de Oaxaca): Oaxaca The Oaxaca Regional Museum is located inside the enchanting exconvent of Santo Domingo de Guzmán. Some of its recently redesigned rooms contain important samples of prehispanic and colonial history and culture. It is housed in a beautiful green stone building attached to Santo Domingo Church. It contains the Zapotec treasures from Tomb Seven at Monte Albán. This and other archaeological sections make the most sense if you visit them after seeing some sites in the Central Valleys. Hours: The museum is generally open from 10 am. to 8 pm., Tuesday to Sunday. Entry

Museo de la Ciudad de México (Museum of the City of Mexico)

Museo de la Ciudad de México This beautiful virreinal residence exposes in its twenty-seven rooms the evolution of the city of Mexico, magna metropolis, from the mexicas to the present time. Founded on 1960, the Museum of the City of Mexico has the vocation to approach the visitor to the past and the cultural present of the city of Mexico; this is through the permanent collection, temporary exhibitions, educative and interactive publications and programs. Located in the heart of the Mexican capital in a sumptuous colonial residence of the century XVIII, the one that outside the Counts of Santiago de Calimaya,