Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) offers an excellent variety of cultural attractions. Last year, the INAH registered no less than 18 million visitors passing through the doors of its archaeological sites and museums. The INAH’s visitor numbers for last year show an annual increase of 10% over 2009, which means Mexico’s cultural [...]

Last night, the Governor of Oaxaca state, Gabino Cué, and the head of the Mexico City government, Marcelo Ebrard, accompanied by a host of famous faces, officially opened the newly constructed Tequila and Mezcal Museum, in Mexico City. The location of the Museum is Mexico City’s famous Plaza Garibaldi, home to the Mariachi, the most [...]

Mexican art is famous the world over, one of the best-known ‘national schools’ being, without doubt, the country’s Muralist painting. The most famous national artists belonging to this school are, inside and outside Mexico, the three masters: José Clemente Orozco, Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y [...]

Just in time for the Monarch butterfly season and the upcoming Day of the Dead celebrations, on Saturday, the ‘Torre Mayor’ -Mexico City’s tallest building (225 meters)- inaugurated a small photographic exhibition on the Mexican state of Michoacan entitled the ‘Treasures of Michoacan.’ The inauguration of the exhibition was headed by the Director of Social [...]

As of September 22nd, the University Museum ‘El Chopo’ is holding an exhibition named ‘100 Years of Art in the National University’ with a collection from the vaults of the National Autonomous University of Mexico City (UNAM), covering the 100-year period of the university. On show are representative pieces from the University’s own art collection [...]

Close to Huatulco, the impressive collection of bays along the coastline of Mexico’s Pacific-Coast state of Oaxaca, the country’s National Anthropological and Historical Institute (INAH) is to open up a new archaeological site to the public next week: Bocana del Río Copalita, constructed 2,600 years ago. Discovered in 1996, and named due to the proximity [...]

Yesterday, the state governor of Guanajuato, Juan Manuel Oliva Ramírez, presided over the opening ceremony of the Bicentennial Museum in the town of Dolores Hidalgo, after an investment of 21.8 million pesos. Dolores Hidalgo is famous as the birthplace of the Mexican Independence and, in total, has been the focus of investment to earn its [...]