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    Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano, Morelos

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    Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano

    Landmark Cuernavaca, Morelos Municipality of Cuernavaca Monasteries on the slopes of Popocatépetl Northern Morelos

    Modern and contemporary art museum in Amatitlán, Cuernavaca, opened in 2018, with about 1,200 works by Juan Soriano and a sculpture garden.

    From Cuautla: 45 min by car (52 km by road) How to get there ↓

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    How to get to Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano

    • From Cuautla: about 45 min by road (~52 km)
    • Nearest airport: Mexico City (MEX), 1 h 25 min by car to Tepoztlán
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    About Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano

    The Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano (MMAC) opened on 8 June 2018 with the show "Comenzar siempre, una aproximación a la Colección Juan Soriano". It covers roughly 10,000 square metres in Cuernavaca's Amatitlán district and took four years to build. The architects are JSa Arquitectura, led by Javier Sánchez Corral, who designed tall white volumes with plenty of natural light for flexible exhibition space.

    The core of the museum is the artist's collection of about 1,200 works: oil paintings, sculptures, prints, posters, drawings and photographs, plus an archive of more than thirty boxes of correspondence. At the opening the central gallery also showed letters, sketches and works on paper. The building has three spaces for temporary shows, an open forum, rooms for workshops, concerts, talks and film cycles, and a two-floor library on modern and contemporary art that anyone can use.

    Outside, the sculpture garden holds 15 monumental Soriano sculptures among a wide variety of plants, trees more than 200 years old and an apantle, the historic irrigation channel that runs across the grounds. It is the part best enjoyed slowly, and the museum runs a monthly family programme there.

    Recent guides list free admission; in 2018 it cost 45 pesos, with free entry for Morelos residents, students and on Sundays, so confirm before you go. Hours also vary between sources: the most recent gives Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 16:00.

    How to get to Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano

    Drive from Cuautla: 45 min, 52 km

    The museum is in the Amatitlán district of Cuernavaca, on Calle Dr. Guillermo Gándara (sources give different numbers, 87 and 415, and one lists it as s/n; check the map or call ahead). Lonely Planet places it a few blocks west of the zócalo, so from downtown it is a short taxi or ride-hailing trip.

    From Mexico City take the México-Cuernavaca toll highway (95D) to Cuernavaca. By bus, Pullman de Morelos runs from the Terminal Sur (Taxqueña) to Cuernavaca (about 75 minutes without traffic per a travel guide, to the Casino de la Selva terminal); Estrella de Oro also runs regular departures, per Mexico City's official transport guide. From the terminal the museum is a short taxi ride.

    Tepoztlán, the nearest pueblo in our guide, is about 15 km in a straight line, roughly 30 minutes by road depending on traffic.

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    Before you go to Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano: hours, prices and tips

    Hours
    Tuesday to Sunday, 10:00 to 16:00 (a 2025 guide; other sources give later closing times, so confirm). Tus Buenas Noticias, guía de museos de Cuernavaca (agosto 2025) · checked Oct 2026
    Entry
    Free admission per a 2025 guide; at opening in 2018 it cost 45 pesos, with free entry on Sundays. Tus Buenas Noticias, guía de museos de Cuernavaca (agosto 2025) · checked Oct 2026

    Hours and prices change, especially around holidays. Each fact links to where we checked it.

    Visiting Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano: what to see and do

    Walk the permanent Juan Soriano galleries: oils, prints, drawings, photographs and sculpture.
    Stroll the sculpture garden, with 15 monumental sculptures under trees over 200 years old.
    Find the apantle, the historic water channel running through the grounds.
    See the temporary exhibition rooms and the contemporary-art cube.
    Drop into the two-floor modern and contemporary art library, open to the public.
    Check the month's workshops, concerts and family activities.

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    The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Mexico City (MEX), about 1 h 25 min by road from Tepoztlán, the base for Museo Morelense de Arte Contemporáneo Juan Soriano.

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