Soumaya Museum

The Museo Soumaya is a private museum and a non-profit cultural organization in Mexico City, featuring two museum buildings. The museum was named after Soumaya Domit, the museum's founder's wife, Carlos Slim. The museum received its five millionth visitor in 2015, making it one of Mexico's most visited museums. The museum houses the biggest collection of pre-Hispanic and colonial-era coins in the world.

Museo Soumaya, designed by son-in-law of museum's founder, is wrapped in a skin of mirrored hexagons and has a flowing form and interiors. The structure of the building is made up of 28 curving steel columns with varied lengths that run around the circumference and are connected to a concrete platform. The hexagonal pieces modify the look of the structure depending on the weather and time of day, referencing the typical colonial, ceramic-tiled façade of Mexico City.

Over 66,000 works of art are housed in the Museo Soumaya. The majority of the artwork dates from the 15th through the 20th century in Europe. It also has Mexican art, religious relics, historical records, and coins from Mexico. Pablo Picasso, Leonardo da Vinci, Vincent van Gogh, and other renowned European painters whose work is on exhibit. The most precious piece of art in the collection is said to be a rendition of Madonna of the Yarnwinder by a member of Leonardo da Vinci's group.

Location: Blvd. Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Granada, Miguel Hidalgo, 11529 Ciudad de México, CDMX, Mexico

Opening hours: 10:30 AM - 6:30 PM

Phone number: +52 55 1103 9800

Rating: 4.5/5, 3986 Tripadvisor reviews

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