Landmark Coyoacán, Ciudad de México Municipality of Coyoacán Valley of Mexico
Frida Kahlo's cobalt-blue Casa Azul in Coyoacán, where she was born and died: her studio, kitchen and garden. Tickets online only, by time slot.
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How to get to Museo Frida Kahlo
- From Mexico City: about 15 min by road (~11 km)
- Nearest airport: Mexico City (Felipe Ángeles) (NLU), 48 min by car to Tepotzotlán
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About Museo Frida Kahlo
The Casa Azul stands on the corner of Londres and Allende in the Del Carmen neighbourhood of Coyoacán, its walls painted the cobalt blue that gave it its name. Frida Kahlo's father, the photographer Guillermo Kahlo, built the house on a plot he bought in 1904, and Frida was born here in 1907. She spent most of her life within these walls, first with her family and later with Diego Rivera, whom she married in 1929. From January 1937 to April 1939 the couple lent it to Leon Trotsky and Natalia Sedova, and the walls were raised for their safety. Rivera added the wing that closes the courtyard in 1941, and in 1946 a studio of volcanic stone was built with Juan O'Gorman's help. Frida died in the early hours of 13 July 1954 in the bed that is still in the house.
Rivera set up the trust that runs the museum in 1957, now linked to the Banco de México, and the poet Carlos Pellicer, a friend of both, arranged the rooms. The museum opened in July 1958. In 2004 thousands of documents, photographs, books and personal objects that had been locked away in bathrooms and closets came to light, and they now feed its exhibitions. It is one of the busiest museums in the city, with some 550,000 visitors in 2019.
Inside you walk through the rooms where the couple lived and worked: Frida's studio, the kitchen, the bedroom with her plaster corset and the urn with her ashes, alongside works by Kahlo and Rivera, ex-votos, folk art and pre-Hispanic pieces. The garden is the place to linger, with a stepped pyramid built to display pre-Hispanic sculptures, a fountain and a reflecting pool. Tickets are sold only online for a set entry time, and the price includes a free visit to Rivera's Anahuacalli museum, also in Coyoacán.
How to get to Museo Frida Kahlo
Drive from Mexico City: 15 min, 11 km
Metro Line 3 to Coyoacán station: walk south along Circuito Interior Río Churubusco, cross to Avenida Centenario and continue four blocks south to calle Londres, 15 to 20 minutes in all. From Metro General Anaya on Line 2 it is about a 20-minute walk. Streets in the Del Carmen neighbourhood are narrow with little parking, so public transport or a taxi is easier. The address is Londres 247, Col. Del Carmen, Coyoacán; the centre of Coyoacán is a few blocks south.
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From the nearest cities to Museo Frida Kahlo
- Mexico City · 11 km by road, 15 min
- Toluca · 60 km by road, 1 h 10 min
- Cuernavaca · 68 km by road, 1 h 10 min
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Before you go to Museo Frida Kahlo: hours, prices and tips
- Hours
- Tuesday and Friday to Sunday 10 am to 6 pm, Wednesday 11 am to 6 pm, Thursday 10 am to 9 pm; closed Mondays. Shorter hours on 15 September and 24 and 31 December; closed 1 May, 16 September, 8 and 25 December and 1 January. Museo Frida Kahlo · checked Oct 2026
- Entry
- General admission is 320 pesos; Mexican residents with official ID pay 160, students and teachers 60, seniors and children 6 to 12 pay 30, and under-6s and people with disabilities enter free. There is no ticket office: buy online at boletos.museofridakahlo.org.mx (Visa or Mastercard). The ticket includes a courtesy visit to the Anahuacalli museum. Museo Frida Kahlo · checked Oct 2026
- Best time of day
- Book well ahead: tickets often sell out a week or more in advance. Each ticket has an entry time, and arriving outside it can get you turned away. Chilango · checked Oct 2026
- Guide or tour
- Visits are self-guided. Private guided tours for up to 15 people (about 45 minutes) cost 600 pesos in Spanish or 700 in English plus admission and must be booked a week ahead; a dramatised visit in Spanish runs on the last Wednesday of each month. Tours: Viator GetYourGuide Museo Frida Kahlo · checked Oct 2026
- Rules
- Phone photos without flash are allowed for personal use; no video anywhere. Backpacks and bags over 35 cm, umbrellas, food, drinks, selfie sticks and strollers go to the cloakroom; no suitcases, no pets except service animals, and no hats, caps or sunglasses inside. Museo Frida Kahlo · checked Oct 2026
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Visiting Museo Frida Kahlo: what to see and do
Stand outside the cobalt-blue walls on the corner of Londres and Allende.
See Frida's stone studio, built in 1946.
Visit the kitchen and the bedroom with her plaster corset and the urn with her ashes.
Look for works by Kahlo and Rivera among the ex-votos, folk art and pre-Hispanic pieces.
Sit in the garden by the stepped pyramid and the fountain.
Catch the temporary exhibitions built on the archive found in the house in 2004.
Use the courtesy entry included in your ticket to visit Rivera's Anahuacalli museum.
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