Museo Universitario de Artes Populares

This all but forgotten museum has a dusty collection of masks, mojigangas (giant puppets), baskets, and shell art from almost every state in Mexico. Worth a stop for only the most die-hard of museum-goers.

Unusual displays include an armadillo-shell guitar from Paracho, a model airplane made with animal bones and an icon of Our Lady of Guadalupe fashioned with feathers.

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