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Museo Frida Kahlo vs Franz Mayer Museum (Museo Franz Mayer)
Frida Kahlo Museum and Franz Mayer Museum are both recommended by writers. On balance, Frida Kahlo Museum ranks slightly higher than Franz Mayer Museum. Frida Kahlo Museum comes in at 88 with accolades from 6 reviewers including Concierge, Condé Nast Traveler and Fodor's.
Museo Frida Kahlo
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Londres 247, Col. Del Carmen, Coyoacan City 04100
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Fodor's
"The Casa Azul (Blue House) where she was born in 1907 (not 1910, as she wanted people to believe) and died 47 years later is both museum and shrine."
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Concierge
"A few blocks from Coyoacán's tree-shaded Plaza Hidalgo is the cobalt-blue house where Frida Kahlo lived and died, set up as if she still lived there."
Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Almost every visitor to Mexico City makes a pilgrimage here to gain a deeper understanding of the painter (and maybe to pick up a Frida handbag)."
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Arrive early to avoid the crowds, especially on weekends.
Afar Magazine
"Highlights include the kitchen with its incredible mosaic work, a light-suffused studio where the artists' books line the walls, and Frida's bed."
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Condé Nast Traveler
"Thanks to a partnership with Vogue Mexico, the clothes are as carefully cared for as any of the paintings."
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Franz Mayer Museum (Museo Franz Mayer)
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Alemada Central City
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Fodor's
"Housed in the 16th-century Hospital de San Juan de Dios, this museum exhibits thousands of works collected by Franz Mayer, which he left to the Mexican people."
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Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"Occupies the old hospice of the San Juan de Dios order."
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The exhibit halls open onto a sumptuous colonial patio, where you can grab a bite
Travel + Leisure
"The 18th-century museum houses an excellent decorative-arts collection."
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"This museum bears the name of Franz Mayer, a rich collector born in Germany who acquired top-quality works of Mexican decorative art including textiles, silver, furniture and ceramics."
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Time Out
"Beyond housing some of the discipline’s most relevant temporary exhibits, it’s also home to the country’s most important collection of decorative arts from the 16th-19th centuries."
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