León Sights

Museo de Arte Sacro

  • Address
    • frente Iglesia San Juan Bautista El Barrio Subtiava
  • Phone
    • tel, info: 0 311 8288
  • Price
    • admission around US$0.70
  • Hours
    • 08:00-12:00 Mon-Sat, 14:00-17:00 Mon-Fri

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Lonely Planet review for Museo de Arte Sacro

Call ahead to make sure the intriguing Museo de Arte Sacro is open, as the curator and founder, Monsignor Ricardo Clemente Juárez Soza, sometimes needs to run errands during the day. You've probably noticed that this neighborhood's churches are in some disrepair, a situation that inspired Juárez to preserve the region's absolutely beautiful 16th- and 17th-century religious art right here, where it would be safe.

Faithfully detailed wooden saints - including one of the first Virgins of Guadalupe - to more ostentatious examples of baroque overkill, including lots of gold and silver artifacts, have been packed in the original Casa de Cultura Subtiava, built in 1544.

 

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