Tucked away behind the Palace of Fine Arts Museum, the lesser-visited Franz Mayer Museum is full of decorative arts treasures produced to when Mexico was part of the Spanish monarchy.
This once private collection amassed by German banker Franz Mayer is deemed the most important collection of decorative arts in all of Latin America. We’ll take a stroll back in time as we glimpse at the collection of furniture, paintings, silver objects, ceramics and textiles he amassed during his time in Mexico, which he willed to the Mexican people.
We can also explore the next door Engraving Museum and the two churches on the neighboring plaza if you’d like: the Plaza of the Holy Cross (built in the 16th century by none-less than Hernan Cortes) and San Juan de Dios Church. This tour is geared for those who love decorative and colonial art.