Fenix Language Institute
Spanish and Cultural Studies in the colonial city of Zacatecas, Mexico
The Most Colonial City in Mexico
Zacatecas Museums
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The student will be able to visit the museums in Zacatecas
and vicinity. To increase student's understanding, appreciation,
and enjoyment of the museum visit, Fenix
Language Institute offers special lectures about
the museums before each visit. |
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The Museum of the Mexican Revolution is located
at the top of the Cerro de la Bufa (The Bufa Hill), which is one
of the main symbols of the city. Many photos, diagrams, artifacts
and other documents from that time are exhibited in this very interesting
place. |
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This museum houses part of the first library
in Zacatecas, which had more than 20,000 volumes, as well as the
personal collection of contemporary art owned by the Zacatecan painter,
Pedro Coronel. This collection also houses paintings from more than
forty internationally known painters such as Picasso and Dali, as
well as pieces from Pre-Hispanic cultures, and Chinese, Arab, and
Japanese art. In addition to these works, there are two other collections,
one of coins and another of Pre-Hispanic pipes, donated by well
known figures from the state of Zacatecas. |
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The Francisco Goitia Museum was built in 1948
for the governor´s residence. Today it houses works (paintings and
sculptures) by Francisco Goitia, Pedro Coronel, Rafael Coronel and
other artists. |
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This museum houses three collections donated
by the Zacatecan painter Rafael Coronel: a collection of more than
3000 masks gathered by the painter from different parts of Mexico;
a collection of Pre-Hispanic pots from the cultures of central Mexico,
and the last of the puppets from the Rosete Aranda company. There
is also a collection of architectural sketches by the painter Diego
Rivera, donated to the museum by his daughter, Ruth Rivera. |
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This museum houses didactic religious paintings
of the sixteenth and seventeenth century. The museum buildings are
examples of the beauties of Colonial architecture. |
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El Museo de Ciencias de la Universidad
Autonoma de Zacatecas (Museum of Sciences at the Autonomous University
of Zacatecas) was formed to develop the necessary instruments for
curriculum in Physics and Chemistry, which date back to 1852, and
is said to be the origin of the laboratory of the Insitituto de
Ciencias (Institute of Sciences). |
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Located in a section of a building constructed
in the nineteenth century as a seminary and that eventually was
used as a jail until 1995, the museum was established thanks to
the generous donations of Zacatecano artist Manuel Felguerez. Felguerez
donated his works that are exhibited in the museum which only exhibits
abstract pieces and are considered the only ones of their type in
the country. |
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Located in on one side of the Museo Virreinal
de Guadalupe (Virreinal Museum of Guadalupe), the museum was used
as a orphanage and a school for the arts and vocation until the
second half of the twentieth century. Now, you will find the Archivo
Histórico de Zacatecas (Historical Archive of Zacatecas) here. Also,
exhibited is a collection of antique cars that shows the history
of transportation in Mexico and, in particular, an interesting tram
that belonged to the great dictactor Porfirio Diaz. |
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El Museo Zacatecano (The Zacatecan Museum)
is located in the ancient “casa de la moneda”(House of Money) (1810).
This museum displays a series of collections that is unique in its
genre. “Mertens” is one of the most well known collections. “Mertens”
was created by 209 weavings from the indigenous group Huicholes
who live in the southwest region of Zacatecas. |
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This recent cultural space, open to the public
in July of 1998, is located on colonial property and was annexed
from the Cathedral of Zacatecas. In this enclosed exhibit the town’s
spirituality manifests itself in the beautiful religious treasures.
The purpose of the diverse exhibit is to bring the visitor closer
to the spirituality of Zacatecas through symbolism and beauty. |
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The museum consists of temporary expositions,
an exhibit of projects, a model of the archaeological zone, ample
space for education services, and a shop for the artisans. Within
each exhibit you can appreciate informative elements about the principle
pre-Hispanic cultures who developed the Zacatecan territory, such
as:manufactured artefacts, ceramics, and the representation of a
dump site sectioned in layers that present each of the evolutionary
stages of man, and where archaeologists have found information.
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