Zacatecas

Raphael Coronel Museum

Zacatecas Centre, Zacatecas, Mexico

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The Rafael Coronel Museum is a Mexican museum that houses folk art. It is famous for having more than five thousand different Mexican masks in its walls. All of them are united in an exhibition called “Face in Mexico”. In addition to masks, in the museum of Raphael Coronel you can see a huge collection of dolls. There are mainly Mexican national dolls, but there are also dolls brought here from other countries. The Raphael Coronel Museum has an exhibition of pots and vases, artificial flowers.

The museum was founded by the famous Mexican painter Rafael Coronel. He devoted his entire life to art, and in 1990 he decided to donate most of his collection to the national art collection of Mexico, in order to create the Rafael Coronel Museum. For twenty-three years it was replenished with the works of other Mexican masters. The museum is open every day except Wednesday. Admission to the museum for adults will cost thirty pesos.

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