Best places: Museums in San Juan de los Lagos, Mexico

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

Performing-arts theater built in 1873, known for its eclectic architecture & intricate interior.

Architecturally notable museum of art & history with Mexican sculptures & regional culture exhibits.

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

Monumental 1800s hospital complex, now a museum with 57 modernist frescoes by Jose Clemente Orozco.

Museum in a former prison displaying pieces by a Surrealist artist who lived & worked in Mexico.

👍👍 Great free museum with loads of paintings and great temporary exhibits , a highlight of Guadeloupe!

Grid of streets flanked by Baroque & neoclassical buildings home to shops, eateries & museums.

👍 This museum held a large format abstract art in MX. Although Im not into abstract art, this museum totally worth it. In 1970, MX was invited to the Osaka Fair, while we were just emerging from 1968, artists wanted to show a different face of our county, so they based this exposition in abstract ar...

👍👍 A nice building

👍👍 Beautiful house turned museum. It currently features two floors of ceramic art with different flowers and animals. You can also step out a few times to enjoy the surrounding trees, flowers, and fountain. The museum is free - just sign in at the front, and begin walking around. Gracias ☺️

👍👍 A good place to view old coins and some documents but the favorite part for us was seeing beautiful Hoichol Indian artwork and to learn about their customs and their sacred trail. Would love to see more of their fabric artwork for sale in the gift shop.

Art & history museum housed in a former granary used as a fortress in Mexico's War of Independence.

👍 Nice place to relax, have a picnic or ride a bike. On your own, with a partner or family. For course on weekends there are more families with kids, for a jog o running, it's better on weekdays and in the mornings or early afternoons.

Center featuring a range of cultural offerings, such as plays, concerts, art exhibits & workshops.

Art museum in a former monastery featuring masks & the collection of artist Rafael Coronel.

👍👍 Amazing mine with a lot to see.

This stately 17th-century residence with numerous gardens is now a museum with period furnishings.

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

Arts center in a restored 19th-century gaol, with a museum in former cells & sculpture displays.