Templo Mayor Museum

Templo Mayor Museum is a museum in , which is located on Calle República de Guatemala. Templo Mayor Museum is situated nearby to the museum , as well as near the building .
templomayor.inah.gob.mx
lugares.inah.gob.mx
+52 55 4040 5600
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
  • Opening hours: Tuesday—Sunday 9:00 AM—5:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: archaeological museum in Mexico City
  • Also known as: “Museo Templo Mayor”
  • Address: 60 Calle República de Guatemala, 06060

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral and Templo Mayor.

Church
Photo: Nan Palmero, CC BY 2.0.
The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the , is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. is situated 300 metres west of Templo Mayor Museum.

Ruins
Photo: GAED, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now . Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica. is situated 120 metres west of Templo Mayor Museum.

Museum
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
The House of the First Printing Press in the Americas at the corner of Moneda and Licenciado Primo Verdad streets in was the home of the first printing press/print shop in the New World. is situated 150 metres south of Templo Mayor Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Centro and Tlatelolco.

Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The old city center or Histórico of , centered on the Plaza de la Constitución, has been the heart of the nation since Aztec times. Its colonial and European architecture and narrow cobblestone streets set it apart from the rest of Mexico City.

Quarter
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the . Its inhabitants, known as the Tlatelolca, were part of the Mexica, a Nahuatl-speaking people who arrived in what is now central Mexico in the 13th century.

Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of . The neighborhood is shaped like a long triangle with the boundaries: Paseo de la Reforma on the north, Avenida Chapultepec on the south, and Eje 1 Poniente on the east. is situated 3 km west of Templo Mayor Museum.

Templo Mayor Museum

Latitude
19.4349° or 19° 26′ 6″ north
Longitude
-99.1303° or 99° 7′ 49″ west
Inception
1987
Wheelchair access
yes
Operator
INAH
Open location code
76F2CVM9+XV
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1421957023
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q3330387
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Templo Mayor Museum” goes by many names.

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