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The capital city of museums! Mexico City has one of the largest numbers of museums in the world and more than 100 exhibition halls which host important collections of art, history and archeology amongst others.

Mexico City is one of the richest cities in the world in terms of the number of museums. There are over a hundred museums, galleries and cultural centers that provide a haven for the most varied collections of art, science and archeologically significant objects.

The long trajectory followed by some museums has already managed to bolster intense cultural ambiance. Some examples of these culturally ambient museums would be - the National Museum of Anthropology, which contains one of the best archaeological and ethnographical collections in the whole country, and the National Museum of History in the Chapultepec Castle, that shelters the original furniture of emperor Maximilian of Habsburg. Amongst the art museums, the most famous ones are the National Museum of Art, which exhibits works by Mexican artists spanning the colonial era and the present day, and the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Casa Estudio Museum, which hold some works by these two important Mexican contemporary artists. Finally, amongst other objects in the Museum of Mexico City, there are various documents, city maps and plans that portray the city?s historical development. Other important museums are the Museum of San Carlos, The Fraz Mayer Museum, the Museum of Palacio de Bellas Artes (Palace of Fine Arts), the Templo Mayor Museum and the Casa de Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as "Casa Azul" ("Blue House").