The Rufino Tamayo Museum of Prehispanic Art

The eighteenth-century colonial house, La Villarraza (also known as La Luz), was formerly the state archive and now houses 800 prehispanic pieces, which were donated in 1974 by the Oaxacan painter Rufino Tamayo.

The Rufino Tamayo Museum is also considered as "Museum of Arts" because it includes three periods of art: Pre-Hispanic, Colonial and Modern. Pre-Hispanic Art comprises the entire collection, reason for the exhibition; Colonial Art, the building that houses it, and Modern Art corresponds to museography.

Most of the pieces come from different parts of the country: Guerrero, Colima, Nayarit, Jalisco, Michoacán, Morelos, Puebla, Valley of Mexico, central Veracruz, Chiapas, Campeche, Tabasco and Yucatán. From Oaxaca pieces of the Zapotec and Mixtec cultures are preserved.

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How To Get
The museum is located between Tinoco and Palacios streets and Porfirio Díaz streets.

Open: Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. and from 16 to 19 hrs. Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Closed on Tuesdays
General admission $___ pesos
Contact: José María Morelos 503, Centro. Oaxaca de Juárez. Entre las calles Gral. Porfirio Díaz y Tinoco y Palacios Tel:(951) 516 4750

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