Museum sights in Zacatecas
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Museo Pedro Coronel
The extraordinary Museo Pedro Coronel is housed in a 17th-century former Jesuit college and is one of provincial Mexico’s best art museums. Pedro Coronel (1923−85) was an affluent Zacatecan artist who bequeathed his collection of art and artifacts from all over the world, as well as his own works. The collection includes 20th-century works by Picasso, Rouault, Chagall, Kandinsky and Miró; some entertaining Hogarth lithographs; and fine ink drawings by Francisco de Goya. There are pre-Hispanic Mexican artifacts, masks and other ancient pieces from all over the world, including some important Japanese screens.
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Museo Rafael Coronel
The amazing Museo Rafael Coronel is not to be missed. Imaginatively housed in the ruins of the lovely 16th-century Ex-Convento de San Francisco, it houses Mexican folk art collected by the Zacatecan artist Rafael Coronel, brother of Pedro Coronel and son-in-law of Diego Rivera. The highlight is the astonishing, colorful display of over 3000 masks (another 7000 are in storage) used in traditional dances and rituals. Also on display are pottery, puppets, instruments, pre-Hispanic objects and sketches by Rivera. The grounds and garden are a wonderful place to come and relax.
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Museo Zacatecano
The Museo Zacatecano is a lovely museum which is devoted to Huichol art. The patio area displays superb photographs of the Huichol people (including those taken in 1934 by the first explorers to interact with the groups), their ceremonies and daily life (with captions in English). One section features exquisitely colorful pieces of Huichol embroidery and a few pieces of beadwork. A small shop at the entrance sells some Huichol craftwork.
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Museo Francisco Goitia
The Museo Francisco Goitia displays work by several 20th-century Zacatecan artists, including some evocative paintings of indigenous people by Goitia (1882−1960) himself. Other artists represented include Pedro Coronel, Rafael Coronel and Manuel Felguérez. The museum is in a former governor’s mansion, above Parque Enrique Estrada, and is worth the short walk.
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Museo de la Toma de Zacatecas
The small Museo de la Toma de Zacatecas, at the top of the hill, commemorates the 1914 battle fought on the hill’s slopes in which the revolutionary División del Norte, led by Pancho Villa and Felipe Ángeles, defeated President Victoriano Huerta’s forces. This gave the revolutionaries control of Zacatecas, which was the gateway to Mexico City.
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Museo de Arte Abstracto Manuel Felguérez
This art museum is worth visiting for the building alone; originally a seminary, it was later used as a prison and has been renovated to create some remarkable exhibition spaces, transforming the former dark, depressing cells and steel walkways into a beautiful site.
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