Museo Nacional de Arte

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art museum cultural institution museum

The Museo Nacional de Arte is a major art museum in Mexico City renowned for its extensive collection of Mexican art from the 16th to the 20th century, housed in a grand historic building.

Aliases (1)

Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL) ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	art museum → cultural institution → museum →
alsoKnownAs	MUNAL →
architect	Silvio Contri →
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts → eclectic architecture →
buildingCompletionDate	1911 →
buildingInception	early 20th century →
category	Art museums and galleries in Mexico → Museums in Mexico City → National museums of Mexico →
city	Mexico City →
collectionEndPeriod	20th century →
collectionFocus	Mexican art →
collectionStartPeriod	16th century →
country	Mexico →
formerUseOfBuilding	Secretariat of Communications and Public Works headquarters →
governingBody	Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura →
hasCollectionType	decorative arts → graphic arts → painting → sculpture →
hasExhibitionType	permanent exhibitions → temporary exhibitions →
hasWebsite	https://www.munal.mx →
heritageDesignation	historic monument of Mexico →
housedIn	Palacio de Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas →
inception	1982 →
languageOfName	Spanish →
locatedIn	Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City → Historic Center of Mexico City → Mexico City →
near	Palacio de Bellas Artes → Palacio de Minería →
notableFor	collection of 19th-century Mexican painting → collection of Mexican colonial art → collection of early 20th-century Mexican art →
numberOfWorks	over 3000 →
openingDate	1982 →
operatedBy	Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura →
ownedBy	Government of Mexico →
partOf	Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura museum network →
publicTransitAccess	Allende metro station → Bellas Artes metro station →
region	Mexico City, Mexico →
streetAddress	Calle Tacuba 8 →
subjectOf	tourism in Mexico City →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Colonia Centro → Cuauhtémoc →	contains
Tacuba Street ("Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL)") →	hasNearbyLandmark
Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura →	oversees