Attractions & Culture

Exhibits & artifacts highlight the city's culture & history in a preserved home with a courtyard.

Quirky, family-friendly museum featuring a wide variety of historic figures reproduced in wax.

The Museo de las Artes Populares de Jalisco aims to research, disseminate, promote, rescue and revalue the folk art and culture of the state of Jalisco. It has 6 permanent exhibition rooms and a temporary exhibition room whose show changes every month or two with a variety of themes. The permanent collection includes pieces representing the work of the state's different craft traditions, so we find objects of clay, plant fibers, turned wood, carved stone, textiles, fireworks, wax work, metalwork, leatherwork, blown glass, dances, folk painting (ex-votos), ethnic groups and more.

Archaeological & historical artifacts displayed in an 18th-century building with a gift shop.

Museum in a former palace displaying furniture & antiques, with concerts, recitals & exhibitions.

Striking university museum with an extensive collection of paintings & sculptures by local artists.

17th-century church converted into an art gallery presenting work by local & foreign artists.

Journalism museum with machinery & equipment exhibits exploring the history of newspaper publishing.

The museum is inspired by the pedagogical spaces of Reggio Emilia, Italy, where the environment is seen as a third educator, as one more entity that communicates and interacts, taking into account aesthetic sense through spaces that foster sensory and cognitive experiences. It has two floors, 11 spaces inside and one outside the museum. Mainly for children aged 2 to 12. Admission only for minors accompanied by adults and adults accompanied by minors. Free admission.

Today it hosts modern and contemporary art. Our mission is to research, preserve and disseminate the aesthetic and social values of current art, making room for new expressions both local and from elsewhere, taking an active and effective part in fostering the enjoyment, understanding and reflection of artistic practices. Alongside its exhibitions, the MURA offers lectures, panel discussions, guided visits, film series, educational workshops and summer courses related to the artworks and their creators. We have three exhibition rooms, a multipurpose room for 70 people, Niño Anguiano, a room for the youngest visitors, an outdoor terrace and 16 murals on the façade.

Prehistoric fossils, including a saber-tooth tiger & tusked mammoth, plus geology exhibits.

Landscaped city plaza with benches, trees & an ornate bandstand for evening concerts.

This famous 18th-century complex, designed to care for the needy, now focuses on art & culture.

A work by architect Luis Barragán, designed in 1929 for the Mexican politician Efraín González Luna, it is now an academic and cultural outreach center of ITESO. Free admission!