MUSEUMS

The port of Acapulco has interesting museums that invite you to learn about the history of the region. You can learn about an old fort built by the Spaniards in 1616. Exhibited there are aging navigation and mapmaking instruments, reproductions of boats that used to sail to Asia, and some of the objects that sailors brought back to New Spain when Acapulco was the most important port in the world.

You can also visit the old house of Dolores Olmedo, friend of various artists and intellectuals such as Diego Rivera. In the museum, you?ll find some of Rivera?s pieces. But if you are interested in archaeology, we recommend that you visit the museum that displays the region?s pre-Hispanic vestiges.

Museo Historico de Acapulco ? Located inside the Fuerte de San Diego at 1 Hornitos in the Colonia Centro. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 to 6:30. Free admission on Sunday. Tel. (744) 482-3828

Museo de Arqueologia Miguel Aleman ? Located at 4834 Costera Miguel Aleman Avenue in the Costa Azul neighborhood. Open Tuesday through Sunday from 9:00 to 6:00. Tel. (744) 484-3414

Galeria Dolores Olmedo ? Located at 4455 Costera Miguel Aleman Avenue in the Costa Azul neighborhood. Open Tuesday through Sunday. Tel. (744) 484-7046