We spent this day walking and walking and walking! The first pictures shows the "Turibus" and the Pink(!) taxis that are everywhere, we had planned on checking out the hop-on-hop-off Turibus, but everything looked fairly close on the map...
We started out at the Museum of Memory and Tolerance, http://www.myt.org.mx/
This museum was not on our list, but the long line and the patio in front of the museum caught our attention:
We discovered that the line was to see an exhibition by Yoko Ono.
Outside there was a "wish tree" where people could hang a piece of paper with their wishes, and they did! We decided to come back later and headed for the Popular Art Museum, which turned out be fantastic!
Here we found an explanation of many of the objects we had seen the day before at the market. The "trees of life" for example, that did not really look much like trees at all...
And the strange Catrina dolls - skeleton ladies dressed up as brides - after a while we got over the shock and even found them quite charming.
We walked through the park Alameda Central to get to the Diego Rivera Mural Museum, this museum houses one of Diego Rivera's most famous works: Sueño de una tarde dominical en la Alameda Central (Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central)
Read more: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/mexico/mexico-city/sights/museums-galleries/museo-mural-diego-rivera#ixzz4Ly25pi26
And there we found Catrina again:
The mural is filled with details, but Catrina, Frida Khalo and Diego himself are placed in the centre of the piece. Seeing this mural prepared us for what we would see later in the day as we entered the Palacio Nacional.
We walked on downt to the Zócalo, the enourmosu square which is the natural centre of the historical part of the city.
Before getting there we passed by the breathtaking old Palacio Postal:
By street markets:
And much more...before we finally reached the Zócalo:
The Metropolitan Cathedral dominates the square, but we headed for the Palacio Nacional.
It looked promising from the ouside, and we were not disappointed. The first thing you see when you enter is a cactus centered botanical garden:
From there you proceed to the immense courtyard:
You pass the beautiful fountain and climb the stairs, all of the walls here were decorated by Diego Rivera. He made the murals between 1929 and 1935, they are titled: "The epic of the Mexican People".
They are magnificent - and a history lesson in themselves.
And that was the end of our third day!
Day four:
This day we headed for the Soumaya Museum, built by billionaire Carlos Slim and opened in 2011.
The museum was designed by Mexican archtect Fernando Romero.
We arrived by metro and microbus:
But we were definitely not prepared:
The building is, well... modern! The art collection is impressive, with the top floor dedicated to sculptures.
Alice in Wonderland by Salvador Dali.
The Wave by Camille Claudel.
Venus and Adonis by Rodin. Spectacular, and we had to admit that the natural light that comes through the roof made it a great experience.
And so when we left the museum we almost liked it! Almost...because should such a collection really be private?
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