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Top 10 History Museums in Mexico, Mexico
With 26 UNESCO-declared world heritage sites, charming colonial towns and dozens of thrilling cities, there's plenty to explore in this country of 109 million. Outside the cities, stunning Pacific beaches, stark deserts, mangrove swamps and swimming holes provide all you need for a relaxing, romantic or adventurous vacation. Captivating, cosmopolitan and chaotic Mexico City and the 32 states offer an incredible abundance of experiences, from laid-back and leisurely to upbeat to adrenalin-charging.
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1. Museo Nacional de Antropologia
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5.0 based on 19,688 reviews
Considered one of the world's most comprehensive natural history museums, this famous institution houses four square kilometers of exhibits in 23 exhibition halls.
Reviewed By LauraGrabs4 - Hamburg, Germany
Huge museum, amazing exhibition halls, everything sehr explain, a wonderful way to get to know about the beginnings of Mexico's history and all about the prehispánico cultures, great guides, beautiful spaces, a shame the moctezuma´s headress is a copy, the original is in Vienna. Must visit!
2. Zona Arqueologica de Monte Alban
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5.0 based on 4,737 reviews
The ruins of this ancient Zapotec capital make up one of the most important archaeological sites in all of Latin America.
Reviewed By zantb003 - Sybertsville, United States
Great site!! Great prehispanic temples and observatory. It’s a part of Oaxaca, Zapotecs. I enjoyed it, of course, we’re into history and archeology. It’s impressive-grand.
3. Museo de Arte e Historia de Guanajuato
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5.0 based on 188 reviews
4. Museo Jtatik Samuel
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5.0 based on 50 reviews
El museo fue creado principalmente para rescatar la memoria historica de los acontecimientos importantes que han marcado al estado de Chiapas y la trayectoria de Monsenor Samuel Ruiz en su intervencion por la defensa de los Derechos Indigenas,Humanos y su larga lucha por la Paz. Un Obispo 100% dedicado por un cambio a las condiciones de esas vidas..
5. Hacienda Nogueras
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5.0 based on 51 reviews
Reviewed By 508teresah - Texada Island, Canada
This is a wonderful gem off the beaten track. We visited with a private shore excursion with Admire Mexico tours and Jupiter gave us an escorted tour through the Hacienda and garden area. This museum is very diverse and very much worth while visiting, an old (1600’s) hacienda, a former home of the International Artist Alejandro Rangel and featuring many of his works, including furniture, paintings and wrought iron works. As well a small but well displayed pre-hispanic pottery collection. Within the grounds we walked through a large garden (called ecopark) with local flora and fauna and the remains of the sugar processing plant.
6. Palacio Alvarado
7. Museo del Nacimiento
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5.0 based on 18 reviews
The Museum gathers more than 800 pieces. Artisanal Nativity Sets made by Mexican and International artisans are exhibited. A large part of the collection was created by the collector herself using reused materials. It has different interactive activities.
8. Museo del Templo Mayor
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4.5 based on 4,327 reviews
The ruins of the temple the Aztecs believed to be center of the universe.
Reviewed By murali8121 - Kochi (Cochin), India
Located in the historical centre next to the Metropolitan Cathedral and the national Palace. Open 9.00 - 5.00 except Mondays Entry ticket 80 pesos Time required to see two hours and more depending on interest The temple construction began around 1325 and was rebuilt multiple times. The Spanish partly destroyed the temple to make way for a cathedral in 1521. Templo Mayor was built as the main temple in the ancient capital city of Tenochtitlan for worshipping the God of war Huitzilopochtli, and Tlaloc, god of rain and agriculture, on top of pyramids with separate staircases. Do not miss the museum behind the excavations which exhibit plenty of the findings in several floors.
9. Museo Regional de Guanajuato Alhondiga de Granaditas
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4.5 based on 1,074 reviews
This huge stone granary was the site of the first major Mexican victory against the Spanish in the War of Independence.
Reviewed By PaulPapich - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
This massive building is a history museum, an art museum, an anthropologiacl museum, and, best of all, the very place where one of the most important events in Mexican history actually occurred. Don't be fooled by the drab exterior. Inside you will find the story of European colonization and its many horrors, the struggle for independence from its oppressive yolk, and the courage and determination of the Mexican people portrayed in the most vivid detail. This is a "must see" while in Guanajuato.
10. Robert Brady Museum
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4.5 based on 535 reviews
This 16th-century structure, which served as the home of American artist and collector Robert Brady until his death in 1986, displays over 1,000 Mexican works of art and artifacts.
Reviewed By dilyshogarth - Loughton, United Kingdom
Robert Brady's house is an absolute MUST if you are in Cuernavaca . It was an unexpected delight and a fantastic eclectic collection of his treasures beautifully and colourfully displayed. Each room is a delight and a surprise and there are excellent notes in English in every room explaining the paintings and collection.
