Mexico Guide
The north
Museo del Vidrio
Opening time: Tues– Sun 9am–6pm
Price: M$15, free on Tues
Website: www.museodelvidrio.com
For decades, glass production has been one of Monterrey's industrial strengths (for one thing, it has to provide all the beer bottles to the brewery), and to tap into the long history of Mexican glassware, pop along to the Museo del Vidrio, at the corner of Zaragoza and Magallanes. A small but select display of pieces over the centuries and a mock-up of a nineteenth-century apothecary's only act as a prelude to the attic, where modern, mostly cold-worked glass sculpture is shown to advantage; Raquel Stolarski's Homage to Marilyn is particularly fine. To get there, take Line 1 to Del Golfo station, walk two blocks west and then two blocks north up Zaragoza.