Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico | |
 Façade of the palace | |
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Former name | House of the counts of Santiago de Calimaya |
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| Established | 31 October 1964 |
| Location | Historic center of Mexico City, Mexico City |
| Coordinates | 19°25′45.12″N 99°7′57.17″W / 19.4292000°N 99.1325472°W |
| Type | History museum |
| Director | José María Espinasa Yllades |
| Architect | Francisco Guerrero y Torres |
| Owner | Mexico City government |
| Public transit access | Zócalo/Tenochtitlan metro station, Sistema de Transporte Colectivo |
| Website | www |
The Museum of Mexico City (Spanish: Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico) is located at Pino Suarez 30, a few blocks south of the Zocalo, on what was the Iztapalapa Causeway, near where Hernán Cortés and Moctezuma II met for the first time.[1] This building used to be the palace of the Counts of Santiago de Calimaya, who were the descendants of one of the conquistadors with Cortés.[2] The house was extensively remodeled during the colony to much the appearance that it has today[3] and remained in the family until 1960, when the Mexico City government acquired it from them in order to found the Museum that is found there today.[3] The museum contains a number of elements of the old palace as well as 26 rooms dedicated to the history and development of Mexico City from Aztec times to the present. It also contains a library and the studios of painter Joaquín Clausell, who lived here in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2][4][5]
The building was completed in 1779[6] and the descendants of the counts lived in it until 1960. The architect that completed the palace was Francisco Antonio de Guerrero y Torres.[6]
- ^ Galindo, Carmen; Magdelena Galindo (2002). Mexico City Historic Center. Mexico City: Ediciones Nueva Guia. p. 220. ISBN 968-5437-29-7.
- ^ a b Gochis Illescas, Javier (2004-11-14). "Envuelve al Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico una Gran Riqueza" (in Spanish). Tulsa, Oklahoma: Hispano de Tulsa. Archived from the original on 2006-06-15. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ a b "Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Prodeso. Archived from the original on April 14, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Revista Buen Viaje. Archived from the original on August 1, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ "Museo de la Ciudad de México (D.F)" (in Spanish). Mexico City: Mexico Desconocido. Retrieved 2009-09-30.
- ^ a b Angélica Oviedo Herrerias (1996). Palacio de los Condes de Santiago de Calimaya. Vol. First Edition. Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia.