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Museo Textil de Oaxaca
Of the many colonial-era museum renovations, this new textile museum is one of the city’s best, focusing on preserving Oaxaca’s traditional textile crafts through exhibitions, educational programs, bilingual lectures and weaving workshops. The elegant collection of global weaving traditions is world class. Entry, lectures and workshops are free, though some classes have a materials fee and a limit of 15 students. Travelers hunting for one of the region’s brilliant textile pieces should inquire here for advice on weavers who use sustainable methods and endangered natural fiber dying processes.
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Jardín Etnobotánico
In former monastic grounds behind the Iglesia de Santo Domingo, this garden features plants from around the state, including a staggering variety of cacti. Though it has been growing only since the mid-1990s, it’s already a fascinating demonstration of Oaxaca’s biodiversity. Visits are by guided tour only; for English-language tours it’s a good idea to sign up a day or two beforehand.
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Iglesia de Santo Domingo
The gorgeous Santo Domingo is the most splendid of Oaxaca’s churches. It was built mainly between 1570 and 1608 as part of the city’s Dominican monastery, with the finest artisans from Puebla and elsewhere helping in its construction. Like other big buildings in this earthquake-prone region, Santo Domingo has immensely thick stone walls.
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