The Diego Rivera Mural Museum: A Must-See in CDMX’s Historic Centre

The Diego Rivera Mural Museum (Museo Mural Diego Rivera) in the Historic Centre of Mexico City showcases Diego Rivera’s most famous mural, “Dream of a Sunday Afternoon in the Alameda Central” / “Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central”. Discover how you can visit for free.

The Diego Rivera Mural Museum is one of the many museums in Mexico City that you can visit for free on Sunday.

Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central

The world-renowned 15.6-metre-long mural was painted between 1946 and 1947. It was part of a group of murals by several artists, Miguel Covarrubias, Gabriel Fernandez Ledesma and Roberto Montenegro, commissioned for the Hotel del Prado on Juarez Avenue on the south side of Alameda Central.

Rivera painted a satirical view of society in Mexico City with many prominent figures, even featuring himself, seen below, as a 10-year-old boy, alongside Frida Kahlo (his wife between 1929 and 1939 and whom he remarried in 1940) and La Catrina (the Skeleton), a figure created by the Mexican artist José Guadalupe Posada:

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Diego Rivera

Diego Rivera was a Mexican Painter. Born in Guanajuato, December 8, 1886. He trained at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes in Mexico City. He spent more than a decade in Europe, where he became a leading figure in Paris’s vibrant international community of avant-garde artists. On his return to Mexico, he adopted his own style and became a leader of the Mexican muralist movement.

The 1985 earthquake destroyed much of the city, but it was found that the Sueño de una Tarde Dominical en la Alameda Central mural had survived pretty much intact.

​In 1988, the Diego Rivera Mural Museum opened its doors to the public, taking on the responsibility of both the conservation and exhibition of the Diego Rivera Mural:

A few of the other paintings by other artists, on display at the Diego Rivera Mural Museum in Mexico City:

It was my second time here at the Diego Rivera Mural Museum:

Diego Rivera married Frida Kahlo on August 21, 1929. He was 42. She was 22. They divorced in 1939, but remarried on December 8, 1940, in San Francisco.

Practical Visitor Guide: Tickets, Hours & Entry Fees

Opening Hours: Tuesday to Sunday, 10 am – 6 pm (Closed Mondays).

Admission Fees: 45 pesos + Sunday is free

Photo Permit: Non-professional photography permit: 5 pesos

Location: The Diego Rivera Mural Museum is located on the west side of the Alameda Central, as shown on the map below:

Nearest Metro: Hidalgo Line 2/3 or Bellas Artes Line 2 on the far side of Alameda Central.

Here is the Museo Mural Diego Rivera official website.

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