Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares

Museo Nacional de las Culturas Populares is a museum in Mexico City dedicated to Mexico's ethnic and cultural diversity. This diversity not only includes that of its indigenous peoples, but also those of its regions and socioeconomic strata.

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Type: Museum
Description: cultural museum in Mexico City
Also known as: “National Museum of Popular Cultures”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Frida Kahlo Museum and Leon Trotsky House Museum.

Frida Kahlo Museum

Museum

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The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as The Blue House for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Frida Kahlo Museum is situated 600 metres north of Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares.

Leon Trotsky House Museum

Museum

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The Leon Trotsky House Museum, Trotsky Museum, or Trotsky House Museum, is a museum honoring Leon Trotsky and an organization that works to promote political asylum, located in the Coyoacán neighborhood of Mexico City. Leon Trotsky House Museum is situated 1 km north of Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares.

Viveros de Coyoacán

Park

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Viveros de Coyoacán is a combination tree nursery and public park which covers 38.9 hectares in the Coyoacán borough of Mexico City. The nursery was founded by Miguel Angel de Quevedo in the early 20th century as a way to provide seedlings for the reforestation of Mexico's badly damaged forests, especially around Mexico City. Viveros de Coyoacán is situated 1¼ km west of Museo Nacional de Culturas Populares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Xoco and Churubusco.

Xoco

Quarter

Xoco is a neighborhood of Mexico City in Benito Juárez borough. Xoco was originally a village dating to before the Spanish conquest. Now it is an important commercial hot spot that lies just across the northern edge of Coyoacán.

Churubusco

Quarter

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Churubusco is a neighbourhood of Mexico City. It is a part of the borough of Coyoacán. It is centred on the former Franciscan monastery at. The name "Churubusco" is the interpretation the Spanish invaders gave to the original Nahuatl name Huitzilopochco – meaning "place of Huitzilopochtli".