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    The dark volcanic-stone facade of the Anahuacalli Museum, a stepped temple-like building with tall windows, Museo Anahuacalli, Ciudad de México

    Photo by AlejandroLinaresGarcia, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Museo Anahuacalli

    Landmark Coyoacán, Ciudad de México Municipality of Coyoacán Valley of Mexico

    Diego Rivera's dark volcanic-stone temple-museum in Coyoacán, packed with pre-Hispanic pieces, stone mosaics and a rooftop view of the Pedregal.

    From Mexico City: 15 min by car (13 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    • From Mexico City: about 15 min by road (~13 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 25 min by car to Tepoztlán
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    About Museo Anahuacalli

    The Anahuacalli is the building Diego Rivera designed to hold the thousands of pre-Hispanic objects he collected over his life. He started it in 1942 on land in San Pablo Tepetlapa, in the south of Coyoacán, and built it of the black volcanic rock left by the eruption of the Xitle, quarried on the site itself. Rivera modelled it on a teocalli, a temple or house of the gods, and described the style as a blend of Aztec, Maya and what he jokingly called traditional Rivera. He died in 1957 before it was done; his daughter Ruth Rivera and the architects Juan O'Gorman and Heriberto Pagelson finished it with money from his patron Dolores Olmedo, and it opened on 18 September 1964.

    Inside are 23 rooms over three levels. The ground floor stands for the underworld and is kept dim, while the upper floors, representing the world of the living, are lit by daylight. Each corner of the building is dedicated to a god and an element: Chicomecóatl, Ehécatl-Quetzalcóatl, Tláloc and Huehuetéotl. The ceilings carry stone mosaics that Rivera and O'Gorman set into cast mortar, plain on the ground floor and in coloured stone higher up. Around 2,000 of the roughly 39,000 pieces in the collection are on show; the rest are kept in storage. There are also studies Rivera drew for his murals, and the museum holds contemporary art exhibitions every year.

    The climb ends on a terrace with a wide view over the lava fields of the Pedregal and the south of the city. In 2021 new buildings by the architect Mauricio Rocha added a collections store, workshops, a library and a small plaza, and about 28,000 m² of the 60,000 m² grounds are kept as a wild ecological reserve of volcanic-soil plants, with guided walks at weekends. Every autumn the museum runs a Day of the Dead programme with workshops, and it has a café and shop. It is about ten minutes by car from the Frida Kahlo museum in central Coyoacán.

    How to get to Museo Anahuacalli

    Drive from Mexico City: 15 min, 13 km

    The museum is at Calle Museo 150, San Pablo Tepetlapa, Coyoacán. Take Metro Line 2 to its southern end at Tasqueña and change to the Tren Ligero (light rail) towards Xochimilco; get off at Xotepingo, the fifth station. Calle Museo starts half a block north of the station and winds directly to the museum, a walk of about 15 minutes. Nezahualpilli, the next station, is also about 15 minutes' walk away. By car or taxi it is about ten minutes from the Frida Kahlo museum.

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    Before you go to Museo Anahuacalli: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Tuesday to Sunday, 11 am to 5:30 pm; closed Mondays. Museo Anahuacalli · checked Oct 2026
    Entry
    General admission 130 pesos; 100 pesos with Mexican ID, 40 for students and teachers, 25 for seniors and children under 12. Tickets can be bought in advance on the museum's website. Cdmx Secreta (March 2026) · checked Oct 2026
    Best season
    In autumn the museum runs a Day of the Dead programme; in 2026 it runs from September 16 to October 29, with workshops in papier-mâché, ceramics, crochet altars and more. Museo Anahuacalli · checked Oct 2026
    Guide or tour
    You visit the museum on your own; guided walks through the ecological reserve are offered on Saturdays and Sundays. Tours: Viator GetYourGuide Wikipedia · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Museo Anahuacalli: what to see and do

    Walk down into the dim ground floor, the underworld, among Rivera's pre-Hispanic figures.
    Look up at the stone mosaic ceilings, plain below and coloured on the upper floors.
    See Rivera's studies and sketches for his murals.
    Climb to the rooftop terrace for the view over the Pedregal and southern Mexico City.
    Join a weekend guided walk through the ecological reserve of volcanic-soil plants.
    Visit in autumn for the Day of the Dead workshops and programme.

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