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    Instituto Cultural Cabañas

    4.7 (45 reviews)
    Closed 10:00 am - 6:00 pm

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    Austin G.

    Once one of the oldest and largest orphanages and hospitals in the Americas is now a museum and UNESCO World Heritage Site worth visiting while in Guadalajara. If you can, go on a Tuesday when there's free admission. My five-year-old daughter and I went in July. Here's our experience: 1) Exhibits: There are several throughout the space from old art to modern art by contemporary artists. Each exhibit is small, but well marked. Most info in the exhibits are in Spanish and English. 2) Space: It's a massive space with plazas and courtyards with fountains throughout. My daughter and I got a little lost, but eventually found the exit. Be sure to go into the main building where you can see José Clemente Orozco murals painted on the walls and dome. These murals were part of the Mexican Mural Renaissance. 3) Amenities: There are plenty of clean restrooms throughout the space and even a coffee shop with courtyard seating.

    Diana G.

    If this place is not on your radar, you should consider it. It is beautiful. Great art and architecture. Located near all the other downtown attractions. We went on a Tuesday and it was free. Come to find out, it is free every Tuesday. The wall and ceiling murals are beautiful and they tell a great story. They have QR codes that you can scan that explain each mural in English or Spanish. They also have art exhibits in the other rooms. Take your AirPods and enjoy an hour or so exploring the place. They don't allow big bags inside, but they have a storage area that is free.

    Oren P.

    Tuesdays are free - but they still make you get a ticket. The main attraction is probably the murals - but sometimes they also show movies, and there are other exhibits to look at, as well as the quite popular areas outside. There are guided tours, but you don't need one - and each mural has a QR Code for an online (YouTube) commentary on it.

    Brandy C.

    This architectural master piece is a must go to when in Guadalajara. Near the huge metropolitan shopping center. Amazing art by orozco. They have a tour guide. Which fills you in with all the necessary back ground info. Masterfull art. Inexpensive plus you get a discount if you have a mexican id(Which my gf and i had the privilege because of an uncle)With that being said i wouldnt mind paying full price for admission. Was well worth it, "orozco referred to as Latin american Picasso" The center master piece beware of the motion art.

    ¡Viva Orozco!
    Ann G.

    Visited here 20 years ago, knew I had to come back, and was floored. I remembered the gravity of the Orozco frescoes, but they really didn't hit me as hard as they did this time around. Could it be because of the current political climate or just my seasoned age? Maybe both? Either way, this current visit hit me...hard. Please take the tour and appreciate the nuances that Orozco carefully detailed. His work forces you to look at life from different perspectives, in every sense of the term. I only wish I had more time to admire them.

    Gloria J.

    Great museum, must see if you are in the city. We visited on a Sunday and had a good time, not crowded at all. There is a coffee shop on the premises.

    Lily T.

    Must see!! I'm not a museum person but this was just amazing!! While a short stay in Guadalajara we took a horse carriage ride around town and saw that this museum was open. We decided to go after the carriage ride. Be prepared, u can't take in a back pack or water bottles. We had to leave our stuff with the front desk staff. They have a cafe inside that has drinks if u wish to purchase something. There was no info on the map provided but we happen to be in the main room at the time that a tour was going on so we listened in. It was really cool! Glad we did. I suggest getting a tour guide to know about all the different paintings and different areas of the room to stand in to see them differently.

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    Amazing place to appreciate the great paintings and different presentations from different artists.

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    Love it! Just so cool to visit some of this history. Definitely worth the time if you are around someday!

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    Museo Panteón de Belén

    Museo Panteón de Belén

    4.2(18 reviews)
    1.4 km

    A must see if you are visiting Guadalajara! I attended their night tour and it was phenomenal!…read moreBeware! Do not go expecting any scare stunts, instead the tour is aimed at informing you about the architecture found inside the cemetery and the legends of the people who rest there, which are in turn, quite chilling. I am not sure if English tours are provided. The tour goes on for approximately 2 hours and those 2 hours just seem to fly by! The night tours happen at 8pm,10pm, and midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. Tickets can be bought outside the cemetery 15 minutes before the tour begins.

    In from NYC, I took my wife's family who are local to Guadalajara last night. We were all really…read moreexcited. I love history, great stories, and visiting attractions such as these. A cemetery can tell you a lot about a culture, and this one in particular is interesting because of its age, as well as its proximity to an old hospital, medical school, autopsy lab, experimental lab for infectious diseases, etc. My problem is not with the Panteon de Belen itself, but with the TOUR. We got tickets for the 11:30PM tour... you've got to get there around 7PM to get the tickets. The government's website for the attraction, http://sic.gob.mx/ficha.php?table=museo&table_id=1611, says that adults pay $62.50 pesos. When we got there, we paid something like 77 pesos. The place itself, is incredible, I really want to go back during the day; however, the tour was really boring and frustrating for me, as my Spanish is quite poor. Generally, if someone is speaking clearly, properly, and not too quickly, I can completely get the gist of what's being said. I would expect that kind of guide on a tour run by gov't. While I thought this tour guide was good, and everyone seemed to love her, she spoke in local slang (according to my family here) and very quickly, making 4 words sound like 1. My biggest problem with the tour, actually, was the size of the group. There were about 50 of us. I don't know the exact max # of people allowed on a tour, but I think that 20 should be the max for an event like this. When I was able to get close enough to the guide to see her use of her hands to describe things, see her speak, I was better able to understand things. However, when I couldn't get physically close to her, it was pretty hopeless for me. There were about a half dozen stops around the Panteon, and on about half of them, we were told to leave our flashlights OFF. I couldn't really see anything interesting at that point, so I had to stand and wait, usually for about 20 minutes till we got moving to the next stop. Some of the stuff the guide was saying (as translated by my wife) was pretty bogus, and mostly just spooky fun for young people... that a vampire died there, and they buried him under a pomegranate tree, and they say that it's his blood that taints the fruit of the tree... pretty dumb. Or they pointed out that you could see the image of a man among the efflorescence stains of the masonry wall, about 15 feet above ground. Just ridiculous stuff. Other things sounded really cool, and I really regret that I didn't take a tour in English, even at a much higher expense. There are other stories that I could share here, like the one about the baby who's buried above ground, but I won't spoil it for you because hopefully you speak Spanish better than I do, or have the good sense to ask for a tour in your native language. If you're in my boat, and you're more interested in the place itself, as opposed to a "spooky midnight tour of a cemetery," go and see it during the day. If, however, you insist on seeing it at night, BRING A FLASHLIGHT (the crappy ones that they sell there for 20 pesos are HORRIBLE, basically good for seeing things in your closet at home, not a cemetery at night), and note... at night you may NOT use any cameras, including your cell phone. During the day, you may take photos, but without a flash.

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