Murals & Masterpieces
Trace the Mexican Muralism movement — the most important art movement born in the Americas — through the buildings where Rivera, Orozco, and Siqueiros created their revolutionary masterworks.
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Palacio de Bellas Artes — The Mural Gallery
Mexico's supreme cultural palace houses murals by all four great Mexican muralists — Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, and Tamayo — in one breathtaking space.
Museo Mural Diego Rivera — Dream of a Sunday Afternoon
A museum built for a single masterwork — Rivera's sweeping 'Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central,' a surreal panorama of 400 years of Mexican history.
Palacio Postal — Architecture as Art
The gilded post office that embodies the Porfirian era's belief that even everyday buildings should be masterpieces.
Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso — Birthplace of Muralism
The colonial-era school where Mexican Muralism was literally born in 1922, with Orozco's earliest and most raw murals still on the walls.
Secretaría de Educación Pública — Rivera's Epic Cycle
Over 120 Diego Rivera murals spanning two courtyards — one of the largest mural cycles in the world, and it's completely free to visit.
Plaza Santo Domingo — The Scribes' Square
A colonial plaza where public scribes have worked for centuries, connecting the written word to the muralists' mission of visual storytelling.
Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)
Five centuries of Mexican art in a magnificent Beaux-Arts palace — the perfect finale to understand where Muralism fits in the larger story of Mexican art.