Soumaya Museum

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art museum cultural institution

The Soumaya Museum is a striking, privately funded art museum in Mexico City renowned for its futuristic architecture and vast collection of European and Latin American art, including works by Rodin, Dalí, and Diego Rivera.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum →
cultural institution →
architect FREE (Fernando Romero Enterprise) studio →
Fernando Romero →
architecturalStyle contemporary architecture →
futuristic architecture →
buildingOpened 2011 →
collectionIncludes 19th-century art →
20th-century art →
European art →
Latin American art →
Mexican art →
Old Masters →
colonial art →
decorative arts →
manuscripts →
modern art →
numismatics →
painting →
photography →
sculpture →
collectionIncludesWorksBy Auguste Rodin →
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo →
Camille Pissarro →
Canaletto →
Claude Monet →
David Alfaro Siqueiros →
Diego Rivera →
El Greco →
Henri Matisse →
José Clemente Orozco →
José María Velasco →
Leonora Carrington →
Pablo Picasso →
Pierre-Auguste Renoir →
Remedios Varo →
Rufino Tamayo →
Salvador Dalí →
Tintoretto →
Vincent van Gogh →
collectionSize over 60,000 works of art →
country Mexico →
floorCount 6 →
foundedBy Carlos Slim Helú →
fundingModel privately funded →
hasAuditorium yes →
hasCafeteria yes →
hasElevator yes →
hasGiftShop yes →
hasLibrary yes →
hasPart Museo Soumaya Plaza Carso →
surface form: Soumaya Museum Plaza Carso

Museo Soumaya Plaza Carso →
surface form: Soumaya Museum Plaza Loreto
inception 1994 →
locatedIn Mexico City →
Miguel Hidalgo, Mexico City →
Plaza Carso complex →
surface form: Plaza Carso
namedAfter Soumaya Domit Gemayel →
notableFor futuristic, curved façade covered with hexagonal aluminum tiles →
large collection of works by Auguste Rodin →
numberOfLocations 2 →
ownedBy Carlos Slim Foundation →
publicAccess free admission →
website https://www.museosoumaya.org →

Referenced by (3)

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Miguel Hidalgo → contains → Soumaya Museum →
subject surface form: Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico City borough)
Miguel Hidalgo borough → contains → Soumaya Museum →
Miguel Hidalgo → hasLandmark → Soumaya Museum →
subject surface form: Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico City borough)