38 of the best · Mexico City, Mexico
The murals of San Ildefonso, the Soumaya and Jumex in Polanco, the Tamayo and the Museo de Arte Moderno in Chapultepec, Rivera’s Anahuacalli, and an evening of the Ballet Folklórico.
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Three Mexico City addresses we keep going back to: the Templo Mayor at opening time, lunch at Contramar and a night of mariachis at the Salón Tenampa.
Birthplace of muralism
The college founded in 1582 whose walls Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros painted: the birthplace of Mexican muralism.
Justo Sierra 16, Centro, 06020 CDMXExplore View on map
Rodin to Rivera
The silver, twisting museum at Plaza Carso: some 66,000 works, from pre-Hispanic sculpture to Rodin and the old masters.
Blvd. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303, Ampliación Granada, 11529 CDMXExplore View on map
An evening of folk dance
The Ballet Folklórico de México in the main hall of Bellas Artes: the dances of Mexico’s regions, wordless and dazzling.
Av. Juárez s/n, Centro Histórico, 06050 CDMXExplore View on map
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The murals, Polanco’s museums and the Ballet Folklórico.
The back story
The murals of San Ildefonso and the Palacio Nacional, Diego Rivera’s temple at Anahuacalli, the Soumaya and Jumex side by side in Polanco, Barragán’s colours, and an evening of the Ballet Folklórico at Bellas Artes.
Visual arts
From Rodin at the Soumaya to Rivera’s pre-Hispanic treasures at the Anahuacalli.
Mexican art in a palace
The national collection of Mexican art from the 16th to the mid-20th century, in a palace on Tacuba.
Diego Rivera’s temple
Diego Rivera’s temple-museum for his collection of pre-Hispanic art, south of Coyoacán.
Museo 150, San Pablo Tepetlapa, Coyoacán, 04620 CDMXExplore View on map
Twin studios by O’Gorman
The twin studio-houses Juan O’Gorman built for Rivera and Kahlo in San Ángel, joined by a small bridge.
Diego Rivera s/n, San Ángel Inn, 01060 CDMXExplore View on map
Orozco and Siqueiros
The largest public collection of Orozco, with Siqueiros and early Rivera, in San Ángel.
Av. Revolución 1608, San Ángel, 01000 CDMXExplore View on map
Mexican modernism
The national museum of modern art in Chapultepec: Rivera, Siqueiros, Orozco, Kahlo and the Mexican 20th century.
Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Bosque de Chapultepec, 11560 CDMXExplore View on map
Mexico’s folk art
Mexico’s folk art, from alebrijes to textiles, near the Alameda.
Revillagigedo 11, Centro, 06050 CDMXExplore View on map
A writer’s collection
More than 20,000 objects and images collected by the writer Carlos Monsiváis, on the corner of Madero.
Isabel la Católica 26, Centro Histórico, 06000 CDMXExplore View on map
Rivera and Kahlo in Xochimilco
A hacienda in Xochimilco holding a great collection of Rivera and Kahlo, with peacocks in the gardens.
Av. México 5843, La Noria, Xochimilco, 16030 CDMXExplore View on map
Decorative arts and design
Decorative arts and design in a cloister on the Alameda.
Av. Hidalgo 45, Centro Histórico, 06300 CDMXExplore View on map
Popular cultures
The national museum of popular cultures, a block from Coyoacán’s gardens.
Av. Miguel Hidalgo 289, Del Carmen, Coyoacán, 04100 CDMXExplore View on map
Rodin to Rivera
The silver, twisting museum at Plaza Carso: some 66,000 works, from pre-Hispanic sculpture to Rodin and the old masters.
Blvd. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303, Ampliación Granada, 11529 CDMXExplore View on map
Modern and contemporary
Contemporary art in Chapultepec, in the museum founded by the painter Rufino Tamayo.
Paseo de la Reforma 51, Bosque de Chapultepec, 11580 CDMXExplore View on map
The Blue House
Frida Kahlo’s blue family house in Coyoacán, a museum since 1958.
Londres 247, Del Carmen, Coyoacán, 04100 CDMXExplore View on map
The Sun Stone
The great museum of Mexico’s ancient cultures, around a courtyard roofed by a single “umbrella” on one column; the Sun Stone is its heart.
Paseo de la Reforma s/n, Chapultepec Polanco, 11560 CDMXExplore View on map
The Jumex and MUAC, and the city’s leading galleries.
At the UNAM
The national university’s museum of contemporary art, at the Centro Cultural Universitario.
Insurgentes Sur 3000, Ciudad Universitaria, 04510 CDMXExplore View on map
David Chipperfield’s building
Contemporary art from the Jumex collection, in David Chipperfield’s building of stone and natural light.
Blvd. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303, Ampliación Granada, 11529 CDMXExplore View on map
Where Mexican muralism began, and Rivera’s great walls.
Birthplace of muralism
The college founded in 1582 whose walls Rivera, Orozco and Siqueiros painted: the birthplace of Mexican muralism.
Justo Sierra 16, Centro, 06020 CDMXExplore View on map
A Sunday in the Alameda
The museum built to hold Diego Rivera’s mural of a Sunday afternoon in the Alameda Central.
Balderas s/n, Centro, 06050 CDMXExplore View on map
Rivera’s murals
The long palace on the east side of the Zócalo, with Diego Rivera’s murals on its stairway and upper floor.
Plaza de la Constitución s/n, Centro Histórico, 06066 CDMXExplore View on map
Bellas Artes, the Palacio Postal, Barragán’s house and the UNAM’s mosaic library.
UNESCO, 2004
The architect’s own house and studio of 1948, all colour, light and silence; UNESCO World Heritage since 2004.
Gral. Francisco Ramírez 12–14, Ampliación Daniel Garza, 11840 CDMXExplore View on map
UNESCO, 2007
The central campus of the national university, its library wrapped in a mosaic by Juan O’Gorman; UNESCO World Heritage since 2007.
Home of the Ballet Folklórico
The palace of the arts on the Alameda, Art Nouveau outside and Art Deco within, home of the Ballet Folklórico.
Av. Juárez s/n, Centro Histórico, 06050 CDMXExplore View on map
A palace of the post
The city’s main post office, opened in 1907: marble stairways, bronze and gilded ironwork, still selling stamps.
Tacuba 1, Centro Histórico, 06000 CDMXExplore View on map
Performing arts
The big stage on Reforma, a neoclassical palace and the music of Garibaldi.
The big stage on Reforma
The city’s great concert hall on Reforma, for international tours, orchestras and dance.
Paseo de la Reforma 50, Polanco, 11560 CDMXExplore View on map
A neoclassical palace
The neoclassical palace on Tacuba, home to concerts and the UNAM’s book fair.
Tacuba 5, Centro, 06000 CDMXExplore View on map
The UNAM’s cultural centre on the Chapultepec lake.
On the lake
The UNAM’s cultural centre in an old house on the Chapultepec lake.
Bosque de Chapultepec I Sección s/n, 11850 CDMXExplore View on map
The Ballet Folklórico in the palace of the arts.
An evening of folk dance
The Ballet Folklórico de México in the main hall of Bellas Artes: the dances of Mexico’s regions, wordless and dazzling.
Av. Juárez s/n, Centro Histórico, 06050 CDMXExplore View on map
The national film archive and its cinemas.
The national film archive
The national film archive’s cinemas: Mexican and world films, mostly with Spanish subtitles.
Av. México Coyoacán 389, Xoco, 03330 CDMXExplore View on map
Folk & cultural traditions
Silver, textiles, ceramics and design, from their makers.
Saturdays since the 1960s
Artists and makers in a stone house on Plaza San Jacinto, every Saturday.
Plaza San Jacinto 11, San Ángel, 01000 CDMXExplore View on map
The national crafts shop
The national crafts fund’s shop on Reforma, for crafts bought from their makers.
Paseo de la Reforma 116, Juárez, 06500 CDMXExplore View on map
Crafts from every region
Aisles of crafts from all over Mexico, from embroidery to masks and ceramics.
Balderas esq. Emilio Dondé, Centro, 06040 CDMXExplore View on map
The city’s days of the dead, on the official 2026 dates.
UNESCO, 2008
Ofrendas, marigolds and the great parade from Reforma to the Zócalo: the city’s days of the dead, 29 October to 2 November.
