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Ex Convento del Carmen

Tourist attraction Museum Historic site

17th-century church converted into an art gallery presenting work by local & foreign artists. People often mention lugar, museum, visit, cultural, Guadalajara, building, beautiful, exhibitions, exhibits, free,


Address

Av Juárez 638, Centro, 44100 Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico

Website

sc.jalisco.gob.mx

Contact

+52 33 3030 1355

Rating on Google Maps

4.70 (2.5K reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Friday: 11 am to 5 pm
  • Saturday: 11 am to 5 pm
  • Sunday: 11 am to 2 pm
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: 11 am to 5 pm
  • Wednesday: 11 am to 5 pm
  • Thursday: 11 am to 5 pm

Featured Reviews


Frequently mentioned in reviews: lugar (18) museum (11) visit (11) cultural (10) Guadalajara (9) building (9) beautiful (9) exhibitions (8) exhibits (7) free (7)
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  • 5/5 Oscar H. F. 2 years ago on Google • 305 reviews
    It was an convent church with nuns but now it’s a contemporary art museum. Free to get in and rotating exhibits makes it a great place to visit often. Great space and clean restrooms.
    5 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jacob C. 2 years ago on Google • 132 reviews
    Free and stunning old covenant. Small enough for a quick visit when in the historic centre of Guadalajara. Worth seeing and rotating art exhibits are interesting too.
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Allison L. 1 year ago on Google • 473 reviews
    Free art museum! And amazing to see the architecture itself. Kinda small so not too much to see but it's worth your while to visit if you have a good 30-40 mins to spend :) absolutely loved it
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Mark M. 1 year ago on Google • 51 reviews
    Terrific collection of artwork. FYI, the bathrooms are not open on Sundays due to the cleaning crew's day off so plan accordingly.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Alexis G. 2 years ago on Google
    Everytime I have come they are closed because their hours are wrong. When I tried to explain they should fix the hours on Google they went on on how they have it posted in the building and tell me their hours..that was not the point. Hours are 11 to 5pm
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 3/5 Catia P. 5 years ago on Google • 159 reviews
    Nice place to get a glimpse of local artist. Place also have a small movie theater but not so sure about schedule and capacity. Better go there to find that out. Location is very convenient to move around to other downtown landmarks. There are some handcraft goods being sell in the area. Good option to have a quiet chat in downtown.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Andri 4 years ago on Google • 336 reviews
    Beautiful place,free entrance ,constantly some events are going on .

  • 5/5 Elena C. 6 months ago on Google • 11 reviews
    Free admission and access to bathrooms. Was a cute little museum with both colonial and modern art. There’s a cute balcony for photos.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Al E. 4 years ago on Google
    It was free to go in. They have a second floor. Locals tell that before that main road existed that historical building was part of the structures that are across the street. There is a building on the corner of the street when you exit the art museum walk to the right on the sidewalk and you will see a statue of a man pushing a building. That building used to be located closer to the street. They did not want to demolish it because it's historical. So during the time they were building that main Street they decided the best way to preserve it was to just move it out of the way. They managed to move the building with heavy machinery to where it sits now. That is the meaning behind the statue According to locals. Regarding parking make sure you drive slowly and pay attention to the public parking entrances. I kept passing them because the driveways look smaller than what I'm used to. There are parking locations scattered all around the blocks. You have to pay for parking we payed about 35 pesos plus tip and it was for a valet parking located 3 blocks before the art museum. We enjoyed our walk after the museum. There are so many book stores and things to see.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Kirby I. 8 years ago on Google
    This is a cultural center that has exhibitions, conferences and many other art-related activities, including a small cinema room where they show very interesting movies that aren't in commercial movie theaters (either oldies or art films). The place is nice and quiet, and it's never a waste of time to go in there.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dan R. 4 years ago on Google • 130 reviews
    This was a nice museum we found, the historic aspect can’t be ignored. It used to be a old convent, you can see where some of the old pillars were. The convent used to extend out into the modern street. The exhibit we view was very emotional. The bathrooms are very clean as well.

  • 4/5 Diego V. 7 months ago on Google • 23 reviews
    Great place for attending any cultural affairs.

  • 4/5 Eric C. 1 year ago on Google • 23 reviews
    Saw a couple great shows there. Seems like this place functions as GDLs art museum...

  • 4/5 Gwen B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A temporary exhibition venue. (Original) Un recinto exposiciones temporales.

  • 5/5 laura r. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent 60+ exposure Consecrated Generation (Original) Excelente exposición de 60 + Generación Consagrada

  • 5/5 México D. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice (Original) Bonito

  • 1/5 Fernanda Leonel de c. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It would be a good detail that they update their schedules on the networks, they go 2 laps that I take based on the schedules that appear in Google and 2 times that I find that it is closed !!!!! (Original) Sería un buen detalle que actualizarán sus horarios en las redes, van 2 vueltas que me doy basándome en los horarios que aparecen en Google y 2 veces que me topo con que está cerrado!!!!!

  • 5/5 Vicente Ocampo S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very beautiful and very prehistoric (Original) Muy bonito y muy preistorico

  • 5/5 Zurdah A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is a very beautiful place, full of a lot of history and mysticism. Visit it and be amazed by its corridors that look like maze. The place hosts various exhibitions that are worth visiting. (Original) Es un lugar muy bonito, lleno de mucha historia y misticismo. Visítalo y sorprendete con sus pasillos que parecen laberinto. El lugar aloja diversas exposiciones que vale la pena conocer.

  • 5/5 Cruz M. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Place you have to visit if or if recommendation on weekends (Original) Lugar que tienes que visitar si o si recomendación en fines de semana

  • 5/5 Mariana G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is a very beautiful place with a lot of history (Original) Es un lugar muy bonito con mucha historia

  • 5/5 Florencia M. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Historic place (Original) Lugar historico

  • 5/5 Jesus G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A good cultural place (Original) Un buen lugar cultural

  • 2/5 marco o. 2 years ago on Google
    Boring presentation and only one room open. Waste of time.

  • 4/5 Manuel S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent place to sit and read a book or possibly talk to a nice person (Original) Excelente lugar para sentarse y leer un libro o posiblemente hablar con una persona agusto

  • 5/5 Gustavo G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very beautiful and historic place (Original) Muy bonito e historico lugar

  • 5/5 Kambiz M. 2 years ago on Google
    Great little place for art exhibition.

  • 5/5 Paul C. 1 year ago on Google
    One of the best art museums in town. Really good local art, the convent is amazing, and it was free!

  • 5/5 Aurora Rory B. 1 year ago on Google
    Amazing exhibitions in a super cool space. Must visit!

  • 4/5 Jwel Valle V. 5 years ago on Google
    You have to know what event is going on to see if you'll like it, but even then is a nice place to hang out

  • 5/5 Jerry W. 1 year ago on Google
    A historic building that has a couple of exhibits when we visited. You can still see the evidence of the cement arches cut off to make room for the road.

  • 4/5 Richard L. 5 years ago on Google
    I enjoyed the exhibition that they had they had two one in front if the other they both related. Tv hey have wifi as well but it just didnt work at all. It's a small place and not to much to do

  • 5/5 Enrique PRAT E. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice place (Original) Bonito lugar

  • 5/5 Christine Q. 4 years ago on Google
    Powerful and relevant art in a beautiful setting.

  • 5/5 Angel N. 5 years ago on Google
    I love the place, If ure enjoy paintings, books, etc, u have to visit, u might find smtng u like

  • 4/5 Jeff D. 5 years ago on Google
    The Martha Pacheco exhibit is amazing. The only bad thing was the security guard playing music loudly on his phone while the video of Pacheco was playing.

  • 5/5 Alexandra r. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Love it (Original) Me encanta

  • 5/5 Francisco GTA 5 Gabriel Torres a. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent place and has a lot of culture and art galleries (Original) Excelente lugar y tiene mucha cultura y galerías de artes

  • 4/5 Aldo M. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Great cultural space of our city (Original) Gran espacio cultural de nuestra ciudad

  • 5/5 titegdl A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Waiting for cultural events !! (Original) Esperando eventos culturales!!

  • 5/5 Santiago H. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Good exhibits (Original) Buenas exposiciones

  • 4/5 Brayan Luzuriaga B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is good, striking if you can call it that, if you were sent from school to a museum and you don't have much time, this is your best option, if you want to appreciate art and be entertained a lot, meh there are better places (Original) Es bueno, llamativo si así se le puede llamar, si te mandaron del colegio a algun museo y no tienes mucho tiempo, esta es tu mejor opcion, si buscas apreciar arte y entretenerte mucho, meh hay mejores lugares

  • 5/5 Xabo B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Highly recommended to go to visit only to have respect Thank you (Original) Muy recomendado para ir a visitar solo que tener respeto Gracias

  • 5/5 María Eloisa Mata H. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Incoming exhibitions (Original) Ingresantes expociones

  • 5/5 jc t. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful place (Original) Hermoso.lugar

  • 5/5 JUAN CARLOS ORTIZ B. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Nice (Original) Bonito

  • 5/5 Kamp F. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) You go in and out of seeing a world of people, a world of ideas on the walls of this place. (Original) Entras y sales de ver un mundo de gente, a un mundo de ideas en las paredes de este lugar.

  • 5/5 jesus berber m. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I like the architecture of the place, that's just what I'm going to see the architecture (Original) Me gusta la arquitectura del lugar solo a eso voy a ver la arquitectura

  • 5/5 Thayne T. 5 years ago on Google
    Full of strange and interesting things- though somewhat heretical undoubtedly. Wish I lived nearby so I could come back when the exhibits change. They also have an old movie theater that plays different films every week.

  • 5/5 Kev D. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Clean, from early it is quiet, the exhibits are simple but interesting, very nice facilities (Original) Limpio, desde temprano está tranquilo, las exhibiciones son sencillas pero interesantes, instalaciones muy bonitas

  • 5/5 Jose Hugo R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Gallery of contemporary art a historical place which should not be overlooked 10 minutes walk from the historic center (Original) Galería de arte contemporáneo un lugar histórico del cual no se debe pasar por alto a 10 minutos caminando del centro histórico

  • 5/5 Maridol G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent happy that the museum was reopened, very clean, quiet, I have seen it since I started high school and until the date I visit it and I love that it is free you can take photos and art artists inspired by reality (Original) Exelente feliz de que volvieran a abrir el museo muy limpio tranquilo lo visto desde que empeze la prepa y asta la fecha lo visito y me encanta que sea gratuito puedas tomar fotos y los artistas del arte inspirados en la realidad

  • 5/5 gerardo g. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very beautiful heritage dr la. City (Original) Muy hermoso patrimonio dr la.ciudad

  • 5/5 Naomi R. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) There are always interesting exhibitions (Original) Siempre hay exposiciones interesantes

  • 5/5 Elena A. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Amazing place for exhibitions and cultural events. The atmosphere is calm and sober. (Original) Lugar increíble para exposiciones y eventos culturales. La atmósfera es tranquila y sobria.

  • 5/5 Guillermo V. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A cultural place with a lot of tradition (Original) Un lugar cultural con mucha tradición

  • 5/5 Mary Z. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is the most beautiful place in the center of Guadalajara (Original) Es el lugar más bonito del centro de Guadalajara

  • 5/5 MONICA F. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Mandatory place to visit for its architecture and its pieces of art. (Original) Lugar obligatorio para visitar por su arquitectura y sus piezas de arte.

  • 5/5 GRUSZKA D. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Very nice convent with free and very interesting exhibitions! Worth a look! (Original) Très beau couvent avec expositions gratuites et très intéressantes ! Vaut le coup d'oeil !

  • 1/5 Peter S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is fellito (Original) Es fellito

  • 5/5 Oscar S. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A well-run place with very good exhibits (Original) Un lugar bien llevado y con exposiciones muy buenas

  • 5/5 AEROSMESH 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The ex-convent Del Carmen in Guadalajara is a museum that houses world-class exhibitions completely free, the building itself is beautiful to visit if you are in the city and if you add to that the constant expositions of incredible artists and even more that it is totally free , makes it an essential place if you travel to Guadalajara. Highly recommended. (Original) El exconvento Del Carmen en Guadalajara es un museo que alberga exposiciones de talla mundial completamente gratis, el edificio en sí es precioso para visitar si estás en la ciudad y si a eso le sumas las exposición constantes de increíbles artistas y aún más que es totalmente gratis, lo convierte en un lugar imprescindible si viajas a Guadalajara. Recomendado ampliamente.

  • 5/5 Fercho G. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Wonderful place, calm and peaceful and with a magical and mystical atmosphere that makes you fall in love, one more place to visit in the magnificent and beautiful Guadalajara (Original) Maravilloso lugar, tranquilo apasible y con un ambiente mágico y místico que enamora, un lugar más para visitar en la magnífica y bella Guadalajara

  • 5/5 Angel C. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Padrisimo loved it (Original) Padrisimo me encantó


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Wheelchair-accessible car park
    • ✓️ Wheelchair-accessible entrance

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