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Museo de Geología de la UNAM
Minerals and geological collections fill a historic building in Santa María la Ribera.
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Museo Casa del Risco
A house museum and its elaborate fountain add detail to a San Ángel walk.
Free entry
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Museo Vivo del Muralismo
Murals turn the building itself into the centre of a cultural visit.
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Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad
Biodiversity collections give a university-campus visit a natural-history focus.
Free entry
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Galería Hilario Galguera
Contemporary art brings a gallery destination to the San Rafael neighbourhood.
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Teatro de los Insurgentes
Choose a stage production and arrive early to appreciate the theatre's exterior artwork.
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Central de Abasto
Mexico City’s vast wholesale market rewards a visit planned around its public food areas and busy working streets.
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Museo Casa de la Memoria Indómita
A museum on Regina approaches Mexico’s recent history through memory, disappearance and the work of families.
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Museo Arqueológico de Xochimilco
Archaeological collections open another route into Xochimilco, away from a day organised only around the canals.
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Museo de Charrería
Objects linked to charrería make a focused cultural stop in the historic centre.
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Cencalli
Maize and food culture give this museum in Los Pinos a subject that connects the exhibition visit to the next meal.
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Teatro Santa Catarina
A university theatre on a Coyoacán square makes the performance the starting point for an evening in the neighbourhood.
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Museo Salón de Cabildos
The historic city hall’s council chamber offers a close look at the civic history of the Zócalo.
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Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli
A southern Mexico City address for concert programmes and performing arts, best visited for a specific performance.
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Museo del Metro
Design, objects and transport history turn a stop at Mixcoac into a visit about the city beneath the city.
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Centro de la Imagen
Photography and changing exhibitions make this La Ciudadela institution a reason to slow down and look closely.
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Museo de los Ferrocarrileros
Railway history and the lives of railway workers anchor a museum visit in La Villa.
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Papalote Museo del Niño
A hands-on museum day for children and the adults accompanying them, in Chapultepec’s second section.
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Museo Casa de la Bola
A house museum in Tacubaya offers an intimate scale for looking at interiors, objects and the history of the neighbourhood.
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Museo Casa de Carranza
A historic house in Cuauhtémoc connects the rooms of a former home with the political history of Venustiano Carranza.
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Museo Fuego Nuevo
A museum at Cerro de la Estrella links a walk on the hill with the area’s archaeological history.
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Zona Arqueológica de Cuicuilco
A circular archaeological monument gives a walk in southern Mexico City a much longer historical perspective.