Arts & Culture · Our pick in Mexico City
Museo Nacional de San Carlos
European art in Mexico
Latin America’s leading collection of European art, from Gothic to the early 20th century.
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In the area: The Art Deco skylight and amber stone of the Palacio de Bellas Artes, seen from below. Image courtesy of © Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia CommonsOur take
- An afternoon’s visit
- Near the Monumento a la Revolución
- Address
- Av. México-Tenochtitlán 50, Tabacalera, 06030 CDMX
Tabacalera, Mexico City - Phone
- +52 55 8647 5800
- Website
- mexicocity.cdmx.gob.mx
About Museo Nacional de San Carlos
The Museo Nacional de San Carlos opened in 1968 in the palace of the Count of Buenavista and holds the oldest and most important collection of European art in Latin America: Gothic, Renaissance, Mannerist, Baroque, Rococo, Neoclassical and Romantic works, with Mexican academic painting beside them. An easy afternoon, near the Monumento a la Revolución (CDMX official tourism site).
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Museo Nacional de San Carlos before you go.
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