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Mexico Guide

Oaxaca

Museum of Contemporary Art

Opening time: Mon & Wed– Sun 10.30am–8pm

Price: M$11, free on Sun and holidays

Heading north from the zócalo along Alcalá you'll come to MACO, the Museum of Contemporary Art, housed in a seventeenth-century building widely regarded as Cortés's house although actually built after his death. Founded in 1992 with the intention of preserving Oaxaca's cultural heritage, the museum hosts temporary exhibits of national and regional contemporary art that can include anything from collections of Zapotec folk art to political caricatures to video installations focusing on the impact of Mexican immigration to the US.