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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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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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Rosetta
A Roma table to plan ahead for. Leave the afternoon open and let the current menu decide what lands on it.
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Contramar
Seafood and a long lunch on Durango. Bring an appetite and enough time to let the meal become the plan.
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El Cardenal: Palma
A Centro breakfast or lunch in a tall, stone-columned room. Give the first meal of your museum day a proper table.
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Panadería Rosetta: Colima
Bread, coffee and a small beginning to a Roma day. This is the bakery on Colima, across from the restaurant.
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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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EventExhibitions
Richard Prince: Cuéntamelo todo
A major Richard Prince exhibition opens Jumex’s autumn season. Make room for images that ask who gets to own a familiar picture.
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Álvaro Urbano: Helen
Architecture, plants and remembered lives meet in Álvaro Urbano’s exhibition at Jumex, opening in October.
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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.
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Roma to Condesa, from coffee to the dance floor
Bread on Colima, a park loop, a seafood lunch and your choice of a bar or late dance floor. Take the whole route or keep just a few stops.
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A Centro day, from breakfast to Bellas Artes
A proper breakfast, two cultural stops and time on foot in between. A compact starting point for the historic centre.
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Las Goldberg a cuatro II
Il Furore revisits Bach’s Goldberg Variations with four historical instrumental voices at Festival CulturaUNAM.
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Chapultepec, art and a long lunch
One serious museum, a lakeside walk and a Roma table. A day with enough space between its three main appointments.
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Free in Mexico City: know which ticket you need
A free collection, a Sunday exemption and a paid workshop are three different things. Here is how to plan without confusing them.
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Raúl Silva: Gateway
Undersea cables, tourism and the Caribbean meet in a new exhibition at Museo Jumex.