Independence Museum

The Independence Museum is located in the center of the city inside a building built in the late eighteenth century by Francisco philanthropist Miguel Gonzalez.

It was formerly the site of a prison that on a historic Sunday in September 1810 lost all its prisoners to the Grito de Independencia.

In 1985, the building acquired the status of a museum, which currently includes seven permanent exhibitions, including “The Liberation of Prisoners”, “The Abolition of Slavery”, “Judicial Hidalgo”, “The Perfection of Independence” and others. In addition to the expositions, the museum organizes excursions, cycles of thematic cinema, traveling exhibitions, conferences and concerts.