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Rivera Museum was originally the house where the famed Diego
Rivera was born and raised. It still has all the original furniture
and is filled with and a comprehensive collection of his and
brilliant artist Frida Kahlo's works. The museum presents temporary
exhibitions of different works of the plastic arts. It also
plays host to several cultural events.
The Museum of Natural History has an
interesting collection of the region’s animals
and plants on the grounds of the University of Guanajuato. The
museum is named after Alfredo Dugés, a French scientist
who did studies of the flora and fauna of the region.
Mummies were discovered in Guanajuato when work
began to enlarge the city’s cemetery. It is said that the
composition of the soil and atmosphere made the mummification
possible. The Mummy Museum was built adjacent to municipal cemetery.
More than l00 bodies recovered from the cemetary line the museum's
walls in glass cases.
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that additional info (prices, activities, etc) are found to the
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Some of the other museums around the city are
The Mineralogy Museum
at the Mining School.
Gene Byron Museum
Olga Costa/Chavez-Morado Museum
Guanajuato People's Art Museum
Hermenegildo Bustos Museum
Don Quixote Iconographic Museum dedicated to the main character
of Cervantes' l7th century novel.
Valenciana Mine. One of the
richest silver mines ever. In 1810 the San Jose shaft reached
527 m deep, the deepest on earth at the time. It is possible to
take a tour of the mine.
San Ramon Mineshaft. Former
ancillary shaft of Valenciana mine. Now a restaurant bar with
a small mining museum on first floor.
Ex-Hacienda of San Gabriel de Barrera.
Now a museum with an outstanding XVII Century art and furniture
collection. Picture Gallery of La Compania Church.
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