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Museo Nacional de Arte
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Hall, Museo Franz Mayer
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Museo Franz Mayer
Antropología
The largest museum in Latin
America presents a great display
of archeological discoveries.
Each of the museum's halls
represents one of the country's
prominent pre-Hispanic cultures,
including Aztec, Toltec, Mayan,
and eight others
(see pp8-9)
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This museum houses an
incredible collection of decorative
furnishings from the 16th through
the 19th century. Gleaned from
around the world by Franz Mayer,
the collection contains exquisite
examples of furniture and
textiles, silver, ceramics, art, and
sculpture. Highlights include a
19th-century Mexican silk shawl
and an 18th-century earthenware
bowl
(see p68)
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Museo Frida Kahlo
Paintings by Frida Kahlo and
Diego Rivera are displayed in
Frida's blue house, where she
lived and painted. Frida's illus-
trated diary is here, as well as
some early sketches, still lifes,
and unfinished portraits. Rivera's
landscape
La Quebrada
(1956) is
also here
(see p89)
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Museo Nacional de Antropología
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Museo de Arte Moderno
Mexico's important contribu-
tions to 20th-century Modern Art
are displayed here. The artists
include Diego Rivera, José
Clemente Orozco, David Alfaro
Siqueiros, Juan O'Gorman,
Rufino Tamayo, and Frida Kahlo.
Don't miss the large sculptures
in the exterior garden
(see p83)
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Museo Dolores Olmedo
Museo Frida Kahlo
Known for its collection of
145 works by Diego Rivera that
span his entire career, this stun-
ning 17th-century hacienda is
also a house-museum with nota-
ble pre-Hispanic and Mexican
folk art collections. It also
houses some of Frida Kahlo's
work
(see p95)
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Museo Nacional de Arte
This museum houses the
best collection of four centuries
of Mexican art. Featured are
masterpieces by the greatest of
the Mexican artists including the
famous muralists, landscape, and
religious artists
(see pp26-7)
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Children love the interactive Papalote Museo del Niño
see p85
