Jamie A.
Yelp
Completely underrated museum that is small but has a huge amount of character. Not only it is also FREE, but there is also a very good gift shop with handmade crafts. These items are definitely more high end and intricately made than what you'll find in the markets or vendors by the zocolo. The bottom floor housed an interesting exhibit on the color indigo and how the color is extracted from different plants in various countries.
Kudos and many thanks to the founders of this museum for valuing and sharing Oaxaca's traditional textiles. In viewing the exhibitions, workshops, films, presentations and browsing the library visitors are able to learn a lot is a short amount of time. We spent about 30 minutes here, but it was well worth it.
OTHER:
- there are restrooms downstairs and public space to hang out in
- museum hosts many workshops and community classes
- go next door to see the rest of building which is also an architectural gem (the Museo de Textil is part of the Centro Cultural San Pablo, which is on the same block)