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Cabañas Museum

Museum · Guadalajara ·

Cabañas Museum

Museum · Guadalajara ·
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"This 19th-century complex, originally built as a hospital for the disadvantaged, is host to an impressive display of modern art, most notably a series of frescoes by famous Mexican muralist Jose Clemente Orozco. The collection includes one of his most well-known murals, El Hombre de Fuego , which earned its building the nickname “the Sistine Chapel of the Americas.” A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Hospicio Cabañas is a perfect example of Guadalajara’s ability to embrace its history and its future, combining 1790s architecture, 1930s murals, and, finally, a space for rotating exhibitions of contemporary art. Having functioned as an orphanage, an insane asylum, and a military barracks in the past, Hospicio Cabañas also has a spooky side. There are several ghost stories about the space, including a legend about a clock that stopped whenever a child died in the orphanage."

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C. Cabañas 8, Las Fresas, 44360 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico Get directions

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C. Cabañas 8, Las Fresas, 44360 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico Get directions

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