The Top Mexican Museums to Tour Virtually
The Top Mexican Museums to Tour Virtually
The best virtual museum tours, and their highlights.
Luxury Mexican Culture
We know that many of you are staying at home and looking for ways to entertain excite and delight. We wanted to assist you with a dose of luxury Mexican culture and provide you with our list of top Mexican museums to tour virtually. Our list will break down our choices for the best museums based on experience and user friendliness as well as educative, cultural and aesthetic value. Beyond the enjoyability of the beauty of Mexican architecture, you can also see a part of our culture as well as what in forms are designs inspirations and jump points for many of your favorite J. L. Rocha items. Join us as we provide our list below:
#1 Centro Cultural y Museo Juan Soriano
Mexican Minimalism, Community with Nature, and Culture
A unique and exceptional experience
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The experience of the virtual tour of the Centro Cultural y Museo Juan Soriano is the top contender for our best virtual museum tour. This tour is not only easy to navigate but is thoroughly enjoyable to the iamb and user the fast loading times and well lit photography immerses you in the beauty of a Cultural Center, Museum and architectural masterpiece. On an unassuming intersection A white geometric giant serves as the corner stone and beginning of this tour, explore the lush tropical garden of the community center, the museum of Juan Soriano, and even tour facility offices, library’s, and unique auxiliary art installations. It’s truly a rich experience that even allows you to write down the names of your favorite pieces to look them up later. We recommend you take your time and enjoy this virtual tour and explore all of the spiral staircases as well as look for hidden statues, and utilize the dollhouse view to make sure you don’t miss out.
Museum Website:
Dr. Guillermo Gándara S/N, Col. Amatitlán, C.P. 62410, Cuernavaca, Morelos, México
#2 Museo Dolores Olmedo
Novelties, Colors, and Iconic Mexican Styles
A dose of Mexican Icons
Google Arts and Culture
Google Arts and culture delivers a pleasurable experience that you can get from every Google product, and provides detailed information that is easy to read as well as high-quality images. This museum features exhibitions representing classic styles of iconography And cultural craft that you would see from historical museums but also has the privilege of housing the most iconic pieces of the collections Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. These works are housed here permanently in Mexico City and also our followed by a exhibit commemorating both artists. Google Arts & Culture provides a concise look into each installation but also allows you to look at the printed and important paintings of close and in high definition through the Google Arts & Culture app. This experience is a great way to spend an afternoon learning about two of the most influential painters of contemporary Mexican culture and arts as represented in the United States. In person, this museum is a sight to see housed in between lush gardens of unique wild flora that frame is stone building beautifully.
Museum Website (Under Construction)
Av Mexico 5843, La Noria, Xochimilco, 16030 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
#3 Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso
The Serene View of Mexican History Housed in History
Historic Murals and Architecture
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San Ildefonso College currently is a museum and cultural center in Mexico City, considered to be the birthplace of the Mexican muralism movement. San Ildefonso began as a prestigious Jesuit boarding school, and after the Reform War it gained educational prestige again as National Preparatory School. It’s truly a piece of history in and of itself. Beyond that, the museum is an architectural gem, worthy of exploration in and of itself. The museum has permanent and temporary art and archeological exhibitions in addition to the many murals painted on its walls by José Clemente Orozco, Fernando Leal, Diego Rivera and others. The complex is located between San Ildefonso Street and Justo Sierra Street in the historic center of Mexico City. The virtual tour is serene and high definition, let the screen pan and you will automatically go through the entire location; you can also view the murals in depth and be captivated by the details from the comfort of your home.
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#4 Museo del Objeto del Objeto
Youth, Flair, and Mexican Politics
Strong and Youthful Art
The Voice of Social History
“ Equality: what between men and women should exist all the time.” The quote is on the wall of el Museo del Objeto del Objeto, MODO, (museum of the purpose of the object ) opened in October 2010 in Mexico City. It offers temporary exhibitions that uncovers a vast historical archive revealing Mexico’s historical, technological, social and political past. MODO is located in one of only eight buildings classified as Art Nouveau which still remain in Mexico City. It was built in 1906 and served for a time as Newman’s personal residence. It is located in Colonia Roma, just west of the historic center on Colima Street, known for its art galleries, restaurants and bars. Google Arts and Culture gives us a peak into the vast archive.
Museum Website:
Colima 145, Roma Nte., Cuauhtémoc, 06700 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
#5 Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera - Frida Kahlo
The Home of Mexican Artistic Passion
Tour this Historic Home
The Eclectic Intimate
Much can be said about the intimacy of the artists home, the history that lives within the studio of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo is truly tangible through this digital tour. This unique tour takes you into one of the residences of the famous couple and show cases giants sculptures of Mexican figures as well as other art from each artist. This tour is a short but detailed exploration into the uniquely built and beautiful home of Artists that informed the United States on some forms of modern Mexican Art. See the views and frames of each room as you tour their lived spaces, and find some inspiration through one of the many French glass windows that bring light into this monument. This selection ends our list of the top museums to tour.
Museum Website:
Diego Rivera s/n, San Ángel Inn, Álvaro Obregón, 01060 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico
Honorable Mentions
Museums that didn’t make it, but you can still enjoy.
Closing Notes:
There you have it, our selections for the top Mexican Museums to tour virtually. If you find yourself with a yearning for culture and art, these tours will immerse, excited, and delight you. J.L Rocha Collections crafts luxury Mexican leather jackets, shoes, and travel bags - we are proud of the diverse rich history of Mexico and the art that it has produced as well as continues to produce today. Like, share, comment and let us know what you’d like to read about from J.L. Rocha Collections. Thank you!