Museum Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
box office hours
Tuesday to Sunday, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:45 p.m.
General Admission:$80.00 MXN
Photography permit: $30.00 MXN (applicable to devices other than cell phone cameras)
Cash payment only.
Admission includes admission to the temporary exhibitions and the permanent collection of the Museo del Palacio de Bellas Artes available on the day of ticket purchase.
They do not make reservations or sell online. The purchase of your ticket is the day of your visit at the Museum box office.
Free entry:
National and foreign public: teachers and students with valid credentials, older adults with credentials, people with disabilities and children under 13 years of age.
On Sundays the entrance is free for national and foreign public.
As part of the celebrations of the centenary of the independence of Mexico (1810), the then president Porfirio Díaz, who was seeking to crown himself as the executive in whose administration the country had achieved a certain political and economic stability, decided to build a series of monuments to celebrate this remarkable national historical event.
The Palace of Fine Arts
At first the building was destined to be the new national theater, however due to the outbreak of the revolution against President Díaz its construction lasted for almost 30 years, the first stage of construction ran from 1904 to 1912 during this time it was only possible to build the foundations and steel structures that would later be covered with marble brought from Carrara, Italy. The Italian Adamo Boari was chosen by Díaz to make the designs and carry out the Art Nouveau project, who unfortunately would die in Italy without having seen the work of the National Theater finished.
Although the beginning of the Palace of Fine Arts is marked by an important period of Mexican history known as the Porfiriato, its culmination saw the light during the period known as Maximato that began in 1928, on this occasion it would be the Mexican architect Federico Marsical who would take the reins of the project and would introduce important changes such as the transition from Art Nouveau to Art Deco in the lobby and other interiors of the enclosure, the building would advance in its construction, however the insufficient budget would stop the works again.
The final stage of the Maximato brought to the country a great economic boost that was enough to complete the then nicknamed White Elephant of the city and it was at that moment when was decided that the venue would function as a national forum for the performing and plastic arts and would officially receive the name with which we all know it today “El Palacio de Bellas Artes” which was inaugurated on September 29, 1934
Currently, the Museum of the of the Fine Arts Palace houses and permanently exhibits 17 mural works by seven national artists (Rivera, Orozoco, Siqueiros, Jorge Gonzalez Camarena, Rufino Tamayo, Roberto Montengro and Manuel Rodríguez Lozano) made between 1928 and 1963, it also maintains an intense program of temporary exhibitions
Would you like to know the history of the 17 paintings? Read on ↓↓
Guide inside the museum of the Fine Arts Palace
Capacity: 5 people (Max)
Duration: 2 hours
English language
Cost: 20 USD pp
Includes entrance to the museum
Ernie our guide is passionate about the muralist movement and the palace is his favorite museum, therefore he is the one to guide you through its rooms, corridors and stairs
Send a message to imyourguidemx@gmail.com and book a tour with Ernie now!
