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Papalote Museo del Niño
Touch, play and learn
The children’s museum in Chapultepec, in Ricardo Legorreta’s tiled blue building.
Photo Credit
In the area: The excavated stairways and a carved serpent head at the Templo Mayor. Image courtesy of © Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). · CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia CommonsPhotos of Papalote Museo del Niño coming soonSee photos on Google Maps
Our take
- For children
- Legorreta building
- Address
- Av. Constituyentes 268, Bosque de Chapultepec II Secc, 11840 CDMX
Bosque de Chapultepec, Mexico City - Phone
- +52 55 5237 1700
- Website
- papalote.org.mx
About Papalote Museo del Niño
Papalote, the children’s museum (papalote is Nahuatl for kite), opened in 1993 in the second section of the Bosque de Chapultepec, in a tiled blue building by Ricardo Legorreta. Its motto is “Toco, juego y aprendo”: touch, play and learn. Outside, the Jardín Maya has a pyramid to explore (CDMX official tourism site).
Opening hours, prices and seasonal openings change, so please check with Papalote Museo del Niño before you go.
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