PlaceCulture
Museo de la Basílica de Guadalupe
Religious art offers a focused cultural visit within the Guadalupe complex.
The Mexico City edit
The Mexico City address book
Museums, parks, a public library and rooms for a night out. Use each address as the start of a plan: see its neighbourhood, practical information and any linked events before setting off.
PlaceCulture
Museo Nacional de la Vivienda
Housing and the places we inhabit become the subject of a museum near Barranca del Muerto.
PlaceCulture
Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares
Exhibitions and cultural programmes bring regional traditions into a Coyoacán visit.
PlaceCulture
Museo Kaluz
Art and a historic building create a gallery stop at the edge of the Alameda.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Kurimanzutto
Contemporary exhibitions make this San Miguel Chapultepec gallery worth planning a visit around.
PlaceCulture
Museo Yancuic
A museum in Iztapalapa offers an outing around science, culture and the environment.
PlaceCulture
Museo del Caracol
Historical models and displays add another museum perspective on Chapultepec hill.
PlaceCulture
Proyectos Monclova
A contemporary gallery makes an art-focused reason to explore beyond the museum circuit.
PlaceCulture
Museo de Geología de la UNAM
Minerals and geological collections fill a historic building in Santa María la Ribera.
PlaceCulture
Museo Casa del Risco
A house museum and its elaborate fountain add detail to a San Ángel walk.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Museo Vivo del Muralismo
Murals turn the building itself into the centre of a cultural visit.
PlaceCulture
Pabellón Nacional de la Biodiversidad
Biodiversity collections give a university-campus visit a natural-history focus.
Free entry
PlaceCulture
Galería Hilario Galguera
Contemporary art brings a gallery destination to the San Rafael neighbourhood.
PlaceConcerts
Teatro de los Insurgentes
Choose a stage production and arrive early to appreciate the theatre's exterior artwork.
PlaceFood & drink
Central de Abasto
Mexico City’s vast wholesale market rewards a visit planned around its public food areas and busy working streets.
PlaceCulture
Museo Casa de la Memoria Indómita
A museum on Regina approaches Mexico’s recent history through memory, disappearance and the work of families.
PlaceCulture
Museo Arqueológico de Xochimilco
Archaeological collections open another route into Xochimilco, away from a day organised only around the canals.
PlaceCulture
Museo de Charrería
Objects linked to charrería make a focused cultural stop in the historic centre.
PlaceCulture
Cencalli
Maize and food culture give this museum in Los Pinos a subject that connects the exhibition visit to the next meal.
PlaceConcerts
Teatro Santa Catarina
A university theatre on a Coyoacán square makes the performance the starting point for an evening in the neighbourhood.
PlaceCulture
Museo Salón de Cabildos
The historic city hall’s council chamber offers a close look at the civic history of the Zócalo.
PlaceConcerts
Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli
A southern Mexico City address for concert programmes and performing arts, best visited for a specific performance.