The La Biblioteca de México “José Vasconcelos”. Not to be confused with the Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Mexico City’s ‘mega-library’ of Mexico, next to the old Buenavista train station. Nor with the Biblioteca Nacional de México at the Centro Cultural Universitario de la UNAM, in the southern part of Mexico City.
At the south entrance to the Biblioteca de México in CDMX:
North entrance to the Biblioteca de México:
Mexico City is a megacity with over 20 million people. It can be quite intense sometimes, and well, you just need to escape and have some quiet time in your head. There are many beautiful buildings in Mexico City. Many of which have been turned into museums, like the Museo Vivo del Muralismo or the Colegio de San Ildefonso. I love the inner courtyards, and the one at the La Biblioteca de México is a perfect place for some quiet time.
La Biblioteca de México, is a great place to come with a book, or get some work done. There is free Wi-Fi; don’t forget to connect via your VPN.
I have around 50 posts that are pending, about Mexico City. This is just one of them that needed finishing, and I am working on it right now. Blogging about the Biblioteca de México from the Biblioteca de México. You can’t get more real than that, dear bloggers.
2 hours blogging on Nomadic Backpacker and 1 hour with my book:
“La Voluntad de Construir” – Ángel Zárraga Argüelles:
José Vasconcelos was the director here from the very beginning until he died in 1959. Closed for a time in the 1980s, then renamed the José Vasconcelos. To avoid any confusion, officially, it is the La Biblioteca de México.
You can check out the personal collections of Jose Luis Martinez, Antonio Castro Leal and Jaime Garcia Terres:
Emiliano Zapata Expo
There was a small expo to Emiliano Zapata, a Mexican revolutionary and was a hero of the Mexican Revolution (1910–1920). Born on August 8, 1879, in Anenecuilco, Morelos, when the dictator President Porfirio Díaz ruled Mexico. He rose to power when he was arrested at just 18 when he led protests about the misappropriation of land by the haciendas.
Later, he participated in secret meetings led by Pablo Torres Burgos, who would become the representative of the revolutionary movement in Morelos. In 1911, the people of Morelos rose up in arms against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz and following the death of Torres Burgos, Zapata assumed the leadership of the revolutionary forces.
He was betrayed in 1919, by Jesús Guajardo and killed in an ambush near Chinameca.
Planning your visit to the Biblioteca de México
La Biblioteca de México is an easy walk from the Metro/Metrobus stations at Juárez or Balderas.
Horario de apertura: Monday to Sunday, 8:30 AM–7:30 PM