Tuesday to Sunday, 9 am to 5 pm.
$90 Mexican pesos.
Free admission every Sunday for the entire Mexican public, including citizens and foreign residents in Mexico.
Children under the age of 13
Seniors over 60
Teachers and students with valid ID
Pensioners and retirees with valid ID
Persons with a disability
Primera Sección del Bosque de Chapultepec s/n
San Miguel Chapultepec, C.P. 11580
Delegación Miguel Hidalgo, Ciudad de México
If you come by subway (metro), the closest stations are:
Chapultepec – line 1. This station
has a direct exit to Chapultepec Forest.
Auditorio
– line 7. At the Auditorio station you can walk or take a bus to
Metro Indios Verdes or Metro Hidalgo and get off at El Bosque (The Forest), at
the intersection of the streets Gandhi and Reforma.
If you plan to come by car:
The museum has two exhibition areas:
The Site Museum
Alcázar History Galleries
The Site Museum
The museum is divided into three basic areas of exhibition: the former military college, the Site Museum known as Alcazar, and rooms for temporary exhibits. The first area displays objects and images of men and women of all ages that over time have been responsible for the construction of the destiny of Mexico. In its rooms and open spaces you can admire out-standing mural paintings made by prominent artists between 1933 and 1970, like El Retablo de la Independencia by Juan O'Gorman and Del Porfirismo a la Revolución by David Alfaro Siqueiros.
The spaces the Alcázar are set up with furniture, domestic utensils, jewelry, paintings, and other objects that belong, on the lower floor, to the period when the Castle was inhabited by Emperor Maximilian and Empress Carlota (1864–1867); and on the upper floor, to the era of President Porfirio Díaz and his wife Carmen Romero Rubio, who occupied the building as a summer home (1883–1910).
In addition to the furnished rooms, in this part of the Castle there is a gallery on the Battle of Chapultepec (1847). The exterior highlights the watchtower known as the Caballero Alto and gardens whose design is based on descriptions from the time of Maximilian.
