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Things to do in Mexico City, Mexico: The Best Art Museums
Rising from the ruins of the Aztec capital, Tenochtitlan, Mexico City offers a unique collision of contemporary city life and historic preservation. World-class museums, restaurants and parks rub shoulders with the remains of several cultures. The nightlife, the shopping and the history make it a must-see regardless of your travel style.
Restaurants in Mexico City
1. Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso
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4.5 based on 525 reviews
This recently restored old college, established by Jesuits in 1588, now hosts various exhibitions.
Reviewed By ScoopTraveler - New York City, United States
For anyone interested in Diego Rivera and Mexican muralism, this is not be be missed, though I would put it after the Office of Education.
2. Centro Cultural del Mexico Contemporaneo
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4.5 based on 2 reviews
3. Museo Jose Luis Cuevas
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4.0 based on 24 reviews
This small museum features Cuevas's personal collection of works by other artists in addition to a number of his own works.
4. Museum of the City of Mexico (Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico)
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4.0 based on 83 reviews
The Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico is located in the Old Palace of the Counts of Calimaya, an eighteenth century building converted into a museum in 1964. Recently renovated, the museum offers temporary exhibitions of national and international artists, tours of the Palace, lectures, children's and family workshops, concerts and many other activities.
Reviewed By sofy-lux - Luxembourg, null
I had a wonderful tour of this museum. Exhibits are gorgeous and fabulous. I totally recommend to visit this place to all tourists who travel to Mexico and want to learn about the wonderful history of the various civilizations who built the country.
5. Mumedi Mexican Museum of Design
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4.0 based on 88 reviews
MUMEDI,the Mexican Museum of Design is dedicated to design in all its areas, and has an amazing and specialized bookstore and object shop, a great restaurant, soon a 6 room hotel and incredible exhibit areas, inside a building constructed from parts of Montezuma's father's home and also the first Hernan Cortes house. A place you have to visit!!!
6. Academia de San Carlos
7. Museo Archivo de la Fotografia
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4.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By An0nyMs
This museum is in an excellent location next to there Zócalo, and it's free. The exhibition on the ground and second floors was of the founding of the Metro (subway) in the late 1960s. The first floor had an exhibition of other photos.
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