Three days is enough to see Mexico City’s main contemporary art museums and a handful of its best galleries, if you group them by neighbourhood and plan around Monday, when the museums are closed. This itinerary runs Tuesday to Thursday: Museo Jumex and Polanco on day one, Museo Tamayo and kurimanzutto on day two, Roma Norte and MUAC’s free Thursday evening on day three. Every hour, address and fee below was read on each venue’s own website on 8 November 2026.
Key takeaways
- Museo Jumex is free with no reservation, opens Tuesday to Sunday and closes on Monday; it offers free guided visits Tuesday to Friday at 12:00 and 16:00.
- Museo Tamayo says it is closed for installation until 9 November; since it also closes on Mondays, the first day to count on is Tuesday 10 November. It charges MX$95 and is free for everyone on Sunday.
- kurimanzutto states free admission and opens Tuesday to Thursday 11:00 to 18:00, Friday and Saturday 11:00 to 16:00.
- MUAC charges MX$60, but entry is free on Thursday from 18:00 to 20:00; ticket sales end 30 minutes before closing.
- OMR’s Roma Norte space lists Julian Charrière: Ring of Fire through 12 December 2026 and opens Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 18:00.
- Monday is the one day to leave empty: Jumex, Tamayo and MUAC are all closed.
Verified 8 November 2026 against the visit and exhibition pages of Museo Jumex, Museo Tamayo, MUAC, kurimanzutto, OMR and Proyectos Monclova, and the Art of NOMA works page.
How do you plan three days of art?
Start from the calendar, not from the map. Museo Jumex, Museo Tamayo and MUAC are all closed on Monday, so a Monday is better spent on a long lunch, a market or the one gallery in this guide that lists Monday hours. Proyectos Monclova’s site gives Monday to Friday from 10:00 to 18:00. The museums are open on Sunday, and two of them change their prices that day, which we cover in the weekend section below.
Then group by district. The three days below each stay in one part of the city, so you spend your time in front of work rather than in traffic. We have deliberately not given travel times between stops, because they depend on the hour; allow generous margins and use the metro stations that each venue lists on its own site.
| Day | Venue | Address | Hours | Admission |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (Tue) | Museo Jumex | Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303, Granada | Tue–Fri 10:00–17:00; Sat 10:00–19:00; Sun 10:00–17:00; Mon closed | Free, no reservation |
| 1 (Tue) | Proyectos Monclova | Calle Lamartine 415, Polanco | Mon–Fri 10:00–18:00; Sat 11:00–16:00 | Not stated on site |
| 2 (Wed) | Museo Tamayo | Paseo de la Reforma 51, Bosque de Chapultepec | Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00; Mon closed (closed for installation until 9 Nov) | MX$95; Sunday free |
| 2 (Wed) | kurimanzutto | Gobernador Rafael Rebollar 94 | Tue–Thu 11:00–18:00; Fri–Sat 11:00–16:00 | Free |
| 3 (Thu) | OMR | Córdoba 100, Roma Norte | Tue–Fri 10:00–18:00; Sat 11:00–16:00 | Not stated on site |
| 3 (Thu) | MUAC | Insurgentes Sur 3000, Centro Cultural Universitario | Thu 10:00–20:00 (Tue, Wed, Fri 10:00–18:00; Sat 11:00–20:00; Sun 11:00–18:00; Mon closed) | MX$60; Thursday 18:00–20:00 free |
Hours and prices are as printed on each website on 8 November and can change, so confirm before you go. For a wider list of free options, our guide to free art in Mexico City compares them, and the What’s On page shows current exhibitions across the city.
Day one: Museo Jumex and Polanco
Begin at Museo Jumex, on Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 303 in Colonia Granada. Its visit page lists free admission and says no reservation is needed. It opens at 10:00 from Tuesday to Friday, and lists the metro stations San Joaquín and Polanco, both on Line 7. It also lists free lockers and a coat check on level -1, which helps if you are carrying a bag for the day.
On 8 November the museum’s exhibitions page showed three shows on view through 7 February 2027: Richard Prince: Tell Me Everything, Álvaro Urbano: Helen and Raúl Silva: Gateway. A fourth, The Gift of Tongues, is listed from 27 November. Our post on what is on at Museo Jumex this season keeps the details in one place. The visit page also lists free guided visits Tuesday to Friday at 12:00 and 16:00, so on a Tuesday you can time your arrival for the noon tour.
The museum closes at 17:00 on weekdays, so plan the gallery for the afternoon around lunch. The visit page lists a café-restaurant open Monday to Friday from 8:00 to 20:00. Then walk or ride to Proyectos Monclova, at Calle Lamartine 415 in Polanco, open Monday to Friday 10:00 to 18:00. When we read its exhibitions page it said the gallery was preparing its next shows and listed nothing as current, so write or call before you go; the site gives an email and two phone numbers. Our art walk through Polanco lists more stops in the area.
Day two: Museo Tamayo and kurimanzutto
Museo Tamayo sits at Paseo de la Reforma 51 in the Bosque de Chapultepec. Its visit page carries a notice that the museum is closed for installation while it prepares its next exhibitions, and that it will stay closed until 9 November. As the museum closes on Mondays anyway, treat Tuesday 10 November as the earliest day to plan around, and check its site or social accounts that week. When open, it lists Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 to 18:00, general admission of MX$95, and free entry for everyone on Sunday. The page also lists free guided visits in Spanish, Tuesday to Friday at 12:00, free with the museum ticket and limited to 20 people per group.
That makes a simple morning: arrive at 10:00, see the exhibitions, join the noon visit if your Spanish allows, and eat nearby. The page lists Chapultepec as its metro station.
In the afternoon, go to kurimanzutto, at Gobernador Rafael Rebollar 94 in San Miguel Chapultepec. Its contact page lists Mexico City hours of Tuesday to Thursday 11:00 to 18:00 and Friday and Saturday 11:00 to 16:00, followed by the words “free admission”. The same page still carries a line saying the gallery was closed for installation and would reopen on 5 November. That date has passed, but it is a reason to check the exhibitions page before you travel. Because Friday and Saturday close at 16:00, a Wednesday is the comfortable day for this stop. The San Miguel Chapultepec gallery walk lists other galleries in the same district if you have time left.
Day three: Roma Norte and a free MUAC evening
Spend the morning in Roma Norte. OMR‘s exhibitions page lists its Córdoba 100 address and opening hours of Tuesday to Friday 10:00 to 18:00 and Saturday 11:00 to 16:00. On 8 November it listed Julian Charrière: Ring of Fire at OMR from 1 October to 12 December 2026, and Leonel Salguero: The Pressure of Time at Bodega from 22 October to 18 December, with two LagoAlgo exhibitions running to 29 November. Read the venue name on each listing, because the same page covers more than one space. Our Roma Norte and Roma Sur gallery walk adds other spaces within the neighbourhood.
Then head south to MUAC, the UNAM contemporary art museum at Insurgentes Sur 3000. Thursday is its longest weekday: the visit information lists 10:00 to 20:00, with ticket sales ending 30 minutes before closing. General admission at the box office is MX$60 (50% off for the UNAM community and for students and teachers from other institutions), but on Thursdays entry is free from 18:00 to 20:00. If you arrive just before 18:00 you can wait for the free window; if you arrive earlier you pay for the daytime hours. Either way, two hours is enough for one or two exhibitions, not the whole building. Our guide to contemporary art museums in Mexico City compares all four main museums.
What changes if you only have a weekend?
A weekend works, with trade-offs. On Saturday, Museo Jumex stays open until 19:00 and MUAC from 11:00 to 20:00, but kurimanzutto closes at 16:00 and OMR at 16:00, so do the galleries first and the museums later. On Sunday, Museo Jumex is open 10:00 to 17:00 and free as usual, Museo Tamayo is free for everyone, and MUAC gives the general public 50% off, which is cheaper but not free. Sunday is the best day for a museum-only plan.
The galleries are the weak point of a Sunday: none of the three in this itinerary lists Sunday hours. If you can only come on a Saturday and Sunday, split them accordingly: galleries on Saturday morning, museums on Saturday afternoon and all of Sunday. For a longer list of which venues are free or discounted on which day, see our free art guide.
How do you go from looking to buying?
Museums and galleries are a good way to train your eye, and they feed a simple habit: write down, after each stop, which one work you would take home and why. Within three days that shortlist tells you what you respond to, whether it is large painting, photography or something small and quiet.
When you are ready to buy, Art of NOMA sells original work from emerging artists, with a certificate of authenticity and insured shipping, and offers a free art advisory. Our works page listed pieces from MX$2,326 on 8 November. For example, Alyssa Tang‘s painting Bound, 72 × 52 cm, is available today. If you would like to start from a budget, read how to buy original art online, and for the neighbourhood context behind this itinerary, see the guide to Mexico City’s contemporary art neighbourhoods.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can you do Mexico City’s main contemporary art museums in three days?
Yes. Museo Jumex, Museo Tamayo and MUAC can each be seen in a morning or an afternoon, and all three are open Tuesday to Sunday. Group them with the galleries of the same district, and avoid Monday, when all three are closed.
Which art venues are free in Mexico City?
Museo Jumex lists free admission on every day it is open, and kurimanzutto states free admission on its contact page. Museo Tamayo is free for everyone on Sunday, and MUAC is free on Thursday from 18:00 to 20:00.
Is Museo Tamayo open right now?
Its visit page says it is closed for installation until 9 November. Because the museum is also closed on Mondays, the first regular day to plan for is Tuesday 10 November; check its website before you go.
What is the best day of the week for an art trip?
Tuesday to Thursday are the strongest, because every venue in this guide is open and the galleries keep their longer hours. Friday and Saturday shorten the gallery day, and Monday closes the museums.
