Memory and Tolerance Museum
The Memory and Tolerance Museum is a museum in Mexico City, Mexico, established in 2010. It has exhibits about genocide, including the holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, the Rwandan genocide, the Bosnian War, the Guatemalan genocide, the Darfur conflict and the Cambodian genocide.Photo: Museo Memoria y Tolerancia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Opening hours:
Tuesday—Friday: 9:00 AM—6:00 PM
Saturday and Sunday: 10:00 AM—7:00 PM - Type: Museum
- Description: Mexico City museum
- Also known as: “MMyT” and “Museum of Memory and Tolerance”
- Address: 8 Juárez, México, DF, 06010
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Palacio de Bellas Artes and Alameda Central.
Palacio de Bellas Artes
Theater building
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Palacio de Bellas Artes is a prominent cultural center in Mexico City. It hosts performing arts events, literature events and plastic arts galleries and exhibitions. Palacio de Bellas Artes is situated 380 metres east of Memory and Tolerance Museum.
Alameda Central
Park
Photo: Gobierno CDMX, CC0.
Alameda Central is a public urban park in downtown Mexico City. Established in 1592, Alameda Central is the oldest public park in the Americas. Located in Cuauhtémoc borough between Juárez Avenue and Hidalgo Avenue, the park is adjacent to the Palacio de Bellas Artes and can be accessed by Metro Bellas Artes.
Corpus Christi Church, Mexico City
Church
Photo: AlejandroPZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Corpus Christi Church is a former church on Avenida Juárez in the Historic center of Mexico City. It is the only remaining part of the Convent of Corpus Christi, founded in 1724 for indigenous women and which was closed as part of the Reform Laws.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Centro and Colonia Juárez.
Centro
Photo: Uwebart, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The old city center or Centro Histórico of Mexico City, 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.
Colonia Juárez
Neighborhood
Photo: Thelmadatter, Public domain.
Colonia Juárez is one of the better-known neighborhoods or colonias in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City. 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.
Tlatelolco
Quarter
Photo: Diego Rivera, Public domain.
Tlatelolco was a pre-Columbian altepetl, or city-state, in the Valley of Mexico. 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.
Memory and Tolerance Museum
- Categories: nonprofit organization, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Cuauhtémoc Borough, Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
19.4342° or 19° 26′ 3″ northLongitude
-99.14463° or 99° 8′ 41″ westOpen location code
76F2CVM4+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 217470228OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q6033509
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Spanish—“Memory and Tolerance Museum” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Հիշողության և հանդուրժողականության թանգարան”
- Catalan: “Museu Memòria i Tolerància”
- Chinese: “記憶與寬容博物館”
- Chinese: “记忆与宽容博物馆”
- Dutch: “Museo Memoria y Tolerancia”
- Dutch: “Museum of Memory and Tolerance”
- French: “musée Mémoire et tolérance”
- French: “Musée Mémoire et tolérance”
- Portuguese: “Museu Memória e Tolerância”
- Spanish: “MMyT”
- Spanish: “Museo Memoria y Tolerancia”
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