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Yelp
MUJAM is amazing and deserves my 900th review. It was recommended to us because we enjoy looking at street art/graffiti when we travel, and there's a wonderful collection of it here. You wouldn't know it, just looking from the outside.
The entrance to the museum is up a relatively dark stairway. We had no clue and ended up in the parking lot and then in the gift shop. After meandering and looking a bit lost, we were directed up the stairs. Thankfully, someone pointed us in the right direction!
As we were going through the first section of the exhibit, one of the employees came up to us and told us that the owner wanted to meet us?! We had no clue what that meant, but upon meeting Roberto Shimizu, we knew we'd found a gem of a museum. Mr. Shimizu gave us a bit of background of his museum, and for that, we are truly grateful. It is much bigger than it looks, and the impressive part about this old toy collection is that it started out as Mr. Shimizu's obsession with collecting. We would call it "hoarding" nowadays, but he turned it into an educational experience. All the toys are pre-owned, some of them from his own childhood, but many others donated or purchased by the museum.
As mentioned earlier, there's an amazing collection of street art/graffiti too. Ask one of the employees to let you up onto the rooftop! It's worth it! Also, make a donation to show your appreciation of the whole experience. We spent a few hours here and had the best time!
If we were living in Mexico City, we would probably check out some of their community art events!