Museum sights in Central North Mexico
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Museo Regional de Durango
The Museo Regional de Durango, in a palatial, French-style, 19th-century mansion, has thorough displays on Durango state history, from early indigenous settlements to the 20th century. It includes special exhibits on Pancho Villa and the impressive array of minerals found in Durango. Most explanations are in English as well as Spanish.
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Mining Museum
Though it's just on the outskirts of Chihuahua, the historic hillside mining village of Santa Eulalia feels worlds away. The area's first silver was dug out of these mountains in the 17th century and the mines are still going strong. The library (the new orange building) has a little Mining Museum.
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Museo de Arte Guillermo Ceniceros
The Museo de Arte Guillermo Ceniceros showcases the mysterious landscapes and feminine figures of local artist Ceniceros (born 1939), who was profoundly influenced by his teacher, the formidable muralist David Alfaro Siqueiros. Temporary exhibitions feature international artists.
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Museo de las Culturas Populares
The Museo de las Culturas Populares displays craftwork of Durango state’s indigenous Tepehuanes and Huicholes and other artisans. The beautiful masks made by Roberto Macías, Trino Nunez and Thor Reveles Grande alone make it well worth visiting.
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Museo Tariké
The seldom-visited Museo Tariké near Quinta Luz covers the history of the city. The old photos are generally more interesting than the exhibits (labeled in Spanish only), but the rolling toilet used by miners is alone worth the trip.
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Museo Histórico de Ciudad Juárez
The grand old customs building, dating from 1889, now houses the Museo Histórico de Ciudad Juárez with a few rather flat and unimpressive exhibits (labeled in Spanish) and some fantastic old photographs.
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Casa Redonda
Filling a former railroad roundhouse, Casa Redonda now hosts the local contemporary arts museum, which brings in some top-class touring exhibitions. There is also a room of railway relics here.
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Museo de Cine
The Museo de Cine offers a pretty low-budget display, but if you can't make it out to the actual film sets, this little museum will have to suffice.
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Museo del Mamuth
A so-so natural history museum with lots of rocks and fossils on display, including an 18,000-year-old mammoth and a giant grey whale skeleton.
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Museo de Arte
The conical Museo de Arte, in the Zona Pronaf, is an architectural curiosity. It's small, but the temporary exhibits can be good.
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Galería de Armas
Galería de Armas has a variety of guns and swords from the Independence era.
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Museo Semilla
An excellent hands-on science center that's often full of school groups.
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