List of museums in Mexico

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This is a list of museums and galleries in Mexico.

Museums and galleries

Aguascalientes

Baja California

Baja California Sur

Campeche

Chiapas

Chihuahua

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Quinta Gameros

Coahuila

Colima

Durango

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Ganot-Peschard

Guanajuato

Guerrero

Hidalgo

Jalisco

Mexico City

The Mexican government published a guide to Mexico City museums in 2016. [2]

Contents

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Palacio de Bellas Artes
Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL) MUNAL.jpg
Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)
Museo Nacional de Historia Chapultepec Castle 621.jpg
Museo Nacional de Historia

Michoacán

Morelos

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Palace of Cortes

Nayarit

Nuevo León

Oaxaca

Puebla

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Amparo Museum

Querétaro

Quintana Roo

San Luis Potosí

Sinaloa

Sonora

State of Mexico

Tabasco

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Open-air museum at La Venta

Tamaulipas

Tlaxcala

Veracruz

Yucatán

Zacatecas

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