Sights in Tepic
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Museo Regional de Nayarit
Residing in a palatial 18th-century neoclassical house with a lovely courtyard, the Museo Regional de Nayarit presents changing exhibitions concerned primarily with pre-Hispanic objects, including ancient pottery and tomb artifacts, as well as colonial painting and Huichol culture. Also on hand are an important pre-Hispanic bas-relief found near Mexcaltitán, and one stupendous stuffed crocodile.
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Palacio de Gobierno
South of the Plaza Principal is the Palacio de Gobierno. Look inside to see some impressive and colorful murals. Painted by José Luis Soto and finished in 1999, they present a contemporary imagining of the history of Mexico. Soto’s frenetic, surreal vision of hell and conflict beneath the cupola is chilling.
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Casa Museo Juan Escutia
The Casa Museo Juan Escutia was the home of Juan Escutia, one of Mexico’s illustrious niños héroes (child heroes). He died in 1847 at age 17 defending Mexico City’s Castillo de Chapultepec from US forces. It’s simply furnished and is evocative of early 19th-century Mexico.
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Museo de los Cuatro Pueblos
The Museo de los Cuatro Pueblos displays contemporary popular arts of Nayarit’s Huichol, Cora, Nahua and Tepehuano peoples, including clothing, yarn art, weaving, musical instruments, ceramics and beadwork.
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Casa y Museo Amado Nervo
The Casa y Museo Amado Nervo celebrates the life of the preeminent 19th-century Mexican poet Amado Nervo, born in this house in 1870. The collection is slight, but the house itself is lovely to behold.
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Museo Emilia Ortiz
The Museo Emilia Ortiz honors the painter Emilia Ortiz (1917–96) and her work.
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