Designated as a historic monument in 1980 and considered Unesco World Heritage since 1987, this building concluded the cleaning stage of murals, civil works and equipment in February, so it is now located in Museography work to be able to open its doors to the public in the coming months.
What works will this museum house?
Naturally, this building has a Important collection of works Since, at the time, the first secretary of Public Education, José Vasconcelos, invited Diego Rivera to capture different works.
However, not only Rivera carried out works inside this enclosure: great muralists such as José David Alfaro Siqueiros, Luis Nishizawa, Jean Charlot, Manuel Felguérez, Amado de la Cueva and Roberto Montenegro They also had the opportunity to capture their vision through impressive works. Therefore, this space has more than 235 works.
Although it was Rivera who painted the greatest amount of space, one of the most outstanding murals is precisely one of Siqueiros: the mural Patricies and Patricidaswhich covers the vault, the walls and lower arches of the monumental staircase that divides the courtyards of this imposing building. Unfortunately, This work could not be finished due to the death of the artist In 1974.
Also, the space that houses the Ibero -American Library is one of the most wanted, since its interior houses the mural Agrarian ideals and Laborists of the 1910 Revolution of Siqueiros and Amado de la Cueva, which is considered one of the most ambitious works of the beginning of Mexican muralism.
Visit the living museum of muralism!
Until now, the living museum of muralism is expected to open its doors to the public in September 2024so you cannot stop visiting it and live an unparalleled cultural experience around this artistic movement in Mexico.