The Caracol Museum will reopen in Chapultepec

After a season closed to the public, History Gallery, Caracol Museum, reopens its doors to recover the more than 33,000 visitors who visit it every year. It will be Saturday, February 25, 2023, when boys, girls and students can reconnect with the history of Mexico.

The museum closed its doors in October to complete the restoration and updating work that had been carried out since last year. The maintenance of the complex took place within the framework of the project Chapultepec: Nature and culture.

The museum is located inside Chapultepec, specifically on the access ramp to the history museum. Its hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. The cost is 90 Mexican pesos and admission is completely free for children under 13, retired teachers and students. Like all CDMX museums, the Admission is free on Sundays.

History Gallery, Museo del Caracol, is an installation built in 1960 whose value is architectural and historical and which throughout its existence has been the subject of various maintenance works, always with the aim of rehabilitating and updating it.

The National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), hand in hand with the Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexicoextended an open invitation for people to return to the museum, meet it again and rebuild the fruitful relationship that for more than six decades has remained strong.

During this year, it will continue to update its museography, with a much more social of the country and its history.

pavel luna espinosaresponsible for the dissemination of the museum space, said that with the renovation of the space, it was expected to recover visitors, mainly made up of families and primary school students.

The museum was built by Pedro Ramirez Vazquez, who died in 2013, and who was also responsible for the construction of the Aztec Stadium and some Legislative Palace of Saint-Lazare.

Some of the improvements made to the property were updating its floors, repairing the bathroom, waterproofing the roof, a new electrical network and the installation of modern lighting technology. Similarly, professionals worked to apply conservation measures and improve the lifespan and appearance of the central doors.

But the update also concerns content, since it will focus on the concerns of young people, which are very different from those of past generations. This enrichment will be in charge of National Coordination of Museums and Exhibitions of INAH.

Some of the improvements that can be seen in the museum include the new resources available to improve the visitor experience, such as more attractive identifiers, haptic facilities for people with visual impairments to enjoy the same way as the others, and even interactive multimedia material. . . The dioramas will remain a fundamental element of the History Galleries, the Caracol Museum.

Pavel Ignacio Luna Espinoza said he wanted to offer visitors another type of story, a story with which they can immerse themselves in the traces of women, childhood and lesser-known characters, who also contributed to the construction of important social processes, and added “And not just continue to deliver a political narrative through the great heroes.”

It is committed to the avant-garde, to the educational vocation and to a more global observation of Mexico. Likewise, the Museum will offer workshops, courses and guided tours to strengthen its connection with visitors.