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Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes
Marble outside, murals inside. Start your Centro Histórico day with a building that rewards a second look.
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A different way to spend the day
Museums, public spaces and cultural activities to build your own plan around. Choose one anchor for the day and leave time for the journey. The linked places hold the addresses and visiting information.
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Museo Nacional de Antropología
Choose a few galleries, then pause in the courtyard. This is a museum to build a morning around, not squeeze between appointments.
Free entry
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Museo Jumex
Contemporary art under a sawtooth roof in Granada. Free entry makes it easy to come back for the next exhibition.
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Museo Frida Kahlo
The Casa Azul gives a Coyoacán day its centre of gravity. Book a time, then leave room for the streets around it.
Free entry
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Parque México
A shady detour in Hipódromo, with paths that turn a coffee stop into a longer afternoon outside.
Free entry
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Bosque de Chapultepec: First Section
Trees, lakeside paths and room to breathe between museum visits. Choose one part of the forest and slow down.
Free entry
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Biblioteca Vasconcelos
Shelves suspended across a vast reading room. Come for the architecture, then find a book and stay a little longer.
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Centro Cultural de España en México
A cultural stop behind the cathedral, where a contemporary programme meets the remains of the city beneath it.
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Patrick Miller
High energy, Italo disco and dance circles in a Roma warehouse. A Friday plan for people who came to move.
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Fünk Club
House records and a room built around its sound system. Make Hipódromo the destination once dinner is over.
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Salón Rosetta
A small bar upstairs from Rosetta, for a cocktail and a change of pace before the rest of the night.
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El maíz en Mesoamérica: museum visit and crochet workshop
A Saturday session at Antropología connects the story of maize with a small crochet project. Beginners are welcome in the museum’s announcement.
Free entry
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Museo Soumaya, Plaza Carso
A silver curve outside, an extensive collection inside. Pair Soumaya’s free galleries with neighbouring Jumex for a focused art day.
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MUAC
Contemporary art on the university campus, with enough space to make it the day’s main appointment. Come south for a specific exhibition.
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Cineteca Nacional México
Choose the film first, then make an evening of the Cineteca’s covered courtyards. A cinema outing worth the journey to Xoco.
Free entry
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Parque Hundido
Step below the rush of Insurgentes into a park made for a slower circuit. The floral clock is a landmark, not the whole reason to come.
Free entry
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LagoAlgo
Art beside the lake in Chapultepec’s second section. Start with the galleries and leave the restaurant as a separate choice.
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Ballet Folklórico with the San Pedro y San Pablo Mixe band
A special collaboration connects the ballet with a municipal philharmonic band.
On the house
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Serelepe: music, play and the stage
A group conversation explores the relationship between music and theatrical play.
On the house
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Georgina Bringas: representing time and space
An artist talk examines how visual art can measure and evoke experience.
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La Meute: Motel Cactus
A wrestling-ring cabaret turns resilience into physical theatre.
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Martha Graham Dance Company: 100 years
A century of modern dance reaches the main stage at Bellas Artes.
On the house
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The Salvador Contreras archive
A public talk follows the work behind cataloguing a composer's archive.