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Painting the revolution Muralism and click on CDMX
Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México
Important Information
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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On this tour you will visit the first murals painted by Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco as well as a monumental work by Siqueiros, and hidden gems by lesser known artists. With the help of an agile narrative, historical photographs and music, this journey will take you back in time to the turbulent 1920s and 1930s of post-revolutionary Mexico, when the country’s identity was forged under the heat of social struggles. You can also observe these works integrated in the social world, experiencing the contact between art and work, in the Mercado Abelardo L. Rodríguez. Finally you will have the opportunity to enter a pulqueria, and try a tasting of pulque, alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic...
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Includes entrance to the Museum of the Old College of San Ildefonso
Includes a Pulques tasting
Meeting Points
Departure
Former College of San Ildefonso
In front of the Colegio de San Ildefonso, at the entrance that is behind the Templo Mayor.
Return
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Painting the revolution Muralism and click on CDMX
Centro Histórico de la Ciudad de México
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On this tour you will visit the first murals painted by Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco as well as a monumental work by Siqueiros, and hidden gems by lesser known artists. With the help of an agile narrative, historical photographs and music, this journey will take you back in time to the turbulent 1920s and 1930s of post-revolutionary Mexico, when the country’s identity was forged under the heat of social struggles. You can also observe these works integrated in the social world, experiencing the contact between art and work, in the Mercado Abelardo L. Rodríguez. Finally you will have the opportunity to enter a pulqueria, and try a tasting of pulque, alcoholic beverage of pre-Hispanic...
Highlights
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
3 hours
Offered in English & Spanish
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Includes entrance to the Museum of the Old College of San Ildefonso
Includes a Pulques tasting
Meeting Points
Departure
Former College of San Ildefonso
In front of the Colegio de San Ildefonso, at the entrance that is behind the Templo Mayor.
Cradle of the movement, we will admire the first mural painted by Diego Rivera, as well as the imposing works of José Clemente Orozco.
45 minutes
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Museo Vivo del Muralismo
Former building of the Ministry of Public Education, where Diego Rivera painted a huge expanse with various murals, highlighting the Corrido de la Revolución. We will also see Patricios y Patricidas, a huge mural of Siqueiros where the dynamism and expressive force of his painting is felt.
45 minutes
3
Abelardo L. Rodriguez Murals
Entering the bustle of the street stalls, we will arrive at the Mercado Abelardo, known for its dynamic commercial activity and the incredible murals it has, among which the first ones made by two women in the movement: the Greenwood sisters.
