Museo Anahuacalli
Museum · San Pablo Tepetlapa ·
Diego Rivera's museum of pre-Hispanic artifacts & architecture
Diego Rivera's museum of pre-Hispanic artifacts & architecture
"A recommended cultural site to visit, the Museo Anahuacalli is suggested as part of a visiting friend’s itinerary." - David Shortell
"Awesome, grand, and out-of-the-way, Anahuacalli is part studio, part museum, and part shrine for Mexican art that Diego Rivera built as an architectural piece uniting past, present, and future to the natural environment. Rivera's personal and expansive collection of pre-Hispanic figurines, carvings, and totems accumulated over a lifetime. The museum itself was constructed around a swath of rocky terrain Rivera and Khalo had purchased for a farm. The main collection features nearly two thousand figurines representing Olmecs, Toltecs, Nahuas, Zapotecs, the people of Teotihuacan, and those of northeastern Mexico as well as Rivera's sketches for murals. There are also temporary exhibits of more modern Mexican artists. In the buildings adjacent to the main hall, the museum promotes contemporary programing like dance workshops, ceramic classes, and kid-friendly courses on local insects." - Scarlett Lindeman
"Anahuacalli Diego Rivera Museum, built in 1963, is a jewel lost in the less touristy part of Coyoacán. It is an impressive stone temple-house, that Diego Rivera had built to make room for his collection of more than 59,000 pre-Columbian pieces. Anahuacalli is a Nahuatl word that means “The House of Anahuac” (known as the Valley of Mexico since pre-Hispanic times). It is a mystical place where they accommodate diverse artistic expressions like theatre, dance, painting and music. If you are lucky enough to visit this museum on the Day of the Dead, you’ll enjoy a massive “ofrenda” (offering) mounted in honor of Diego Rivera." - Leolab
"A hulking Diego Rivera design built from the igneous stone beneath it, this museum feels like a temple that transforms visitors as they climb its steep levels; inside are Rivera’s personal trove of pre‑Hispanic antiquities and early mural sketches on themes of class struggle and industry." - The MICHELIN Guide
"An imposing volcanic stone pyramid built by Diego Rivera, housing a collection of artifacts and hosting exhibitions exploring themes like death and immortality." - David Shortell