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    The stone gateway of the Museo Dolores Olmedo in Xochimilco, with carved wooden doors and exhibition banners, Ciudad de México

    Photo by Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Museo Dolores Olmedo

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

    Reopened in May 2026: the largest collection of Rivera and Kahlo in a 16th-century Xochimilco hacienda, with peacocks and hairless dogs in the gardens.

    From Mexico City: 25 min by car (21 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Museo Dolores Olmedo

    • From Mexico City: about 25 min by road (~21 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 25 min by car to Tepoztlán
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    About Museo Dolores Olmedo

    The Museo Dolores Olmedo occupies La Noria, a 16th-century hacienda in Xochimilco that the businesswoman and collector Dolores Olmedo (1908 to 2002) bought in 1962 and lived in. She met Diego Rivera in 1924 at the Ministry of Education and became his friend, patron and the force behind both the Casa Azul and the Anahuacalli museums. In the 1950s Rivera advised her to buy ten of his paintings and a Maya stela, the start of a collection that grew to about 145 works by Rivera and 25 by Frida Kahlo, the largest anywhere. She opened her home as a museum on 17 September 1994.

    After closing for almost six years, the museum reopened on 30 May 2026, just before the World Cup, following a renovation that covered floors, ironwork, gardens, workshops and storage, and Olmedo's living room, dining room and bedroom, some of which are shown to the public for the first time. The reopening shows were Diego Rivera de Europa a Acapulco, which runs from his early years in Europe to the sunsets he painted at Olmedo's Acapulco house in 1956 and 1957, when he was already ill with cancer, and Frida Kahlo en dos tiempos, with more than a hundred works between them; among Kahlo's pieces are La columna rota and Henry Ford Hospital (1932).

    Besides Rivera and Kahlo, the collection includes work by Angelina Beloff, Rivera's first wife, and Pablo O'Higgins, plus pre-Hispanic objects, colonial pieces and Mexican folk art, and there is a new space for children's workshops. Part of the pleasure is the grounds: lawns and old stone buildings where peacocks wander and the museum's xoloitzcuintles, Mexico's ancient hairless dogs, lie in the sun. Olmedo set up a Day of the Dead altar every year from 1958 to support folk artisans, and the museum keeps the tradition with an annual ofrenda. Tickets are bought online or at the box office, and staff check ID for discounted fares.

    How to get to Museo Dolores Olmedo

    Drive from Mexico City: 25 min, 21 km

    The museum is at Avenida México 5843, La Noria, Xochimilco. Take Metro Line 2 to Tasqueña and change to the Tren Ligero (light rail) towards Xochimilco; get off at La Noria, three stops before the end of the line, and walk a short way to the entrance. Microbuses from Metro Tasqueña also serve the area.

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    Before you go to Museo Dolores Olmedo: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am to 6 pm; last entry 5:30 pm. Museo Dolores Olmedo · checked Oct 2026
    Entry
    General admission 432 pesos (one price table on the site lists 430); Mexican nationals 162; Mexican students and teachers, Xochimilco residents, INAPAM seniors and children under 12, 70; under 6 free. ID is checked at the door. Museo Dolores Olmedo · checked Oct 2026
    Best season
    The museum sets up a Day of the Dead ofrenda every year, a tradition Dolores Olmedo began in 1958. Museo Dolores Olmedo · checked Oct 2026
    Guide or tour
    You can visit on your own; guided tours for groups and special visits are arranged on request through the museum's website. Tours: Viator GetYourGuide Museo Dolores Olmedo · checked Oct 2026
    What to bring
    Bring official ID, a student or teacher card, an INAPAM card or proof of address if you are claiming a reduced fare. Museo Dolores Olmedo · checked Oct 2026

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    Visiting Museo Dolores Olmedo: what to see and do

    See the largest collection of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, including Kahlo's La columna rota and Henry Ford Hospital.
    Look for Rivera's late Acapulco sunsets, painted at Olmedo's house in 1956 and 1957.
    Walk through Dolores Olmedo's living room, dining room and bedroom, opened after the renovation.
    Stroll the hacienda gardens among peacocks and xoloitzcuintle dogs.
    Browse the pre-Hispanic, colonial and folk art rooms.
    Come around Day of the Dead for the museum's annual ofrenda.

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