Museo de Arte Popular, Mexico City

**Folk Art Museum**
	museum in Mexico City, Mexico
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Instance of	folk art museum; art gallery;
Location	Mexico City, Mexico
Architectural style	Art Deco;
Owned by	Government of Mexico City;
Inception	2006;
Date of official opening	2006;
Different from	Museo Estatal de Arte Popular de Oaxaca;
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	19° 26′ 01.77″ N, 99° 08′ 46.84″ W
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The Museo de Arte Popular is dedicated to preserving and promoting Mexican handcrafts. It is located in the historic center of Mexico City.

The building[edit]

View of the courtyard
Hall of fantasy stuff
View of the workshop area with piñatas
Pottery display
Origins of Mexican art room

Items in the collection[edit]

Alebrije display
Alebrije skull
Amate paper cut out
Majolica plate decorated with anthrax spores
Basket display
Huichol beadwork guitar
Huichol beadwork mask
Huichol beadwork panel
17 or 18th century Puebla pottery plate
Stoneware plate with blue wave
Brass and glass necklace with flies and butterfly from Jalisco
Bull firework frame from the state of Mexico
Display of charro hats
Headdress for a conchero dancer
Handcrafted copper centerpiece
Polished metal crown from Aguascalientes
Traditional devils mask for the Pascuarela Play of Tocuaro, Michoacan
Devils mask with serpents from Erogaricuaro, Michoacan
Devils mask from Tocuaro Michoacan
wooden devils mask from Guerrero state, Mexico
Fireworks "castle" from Guerrero state
Fireworks wheel with demon
Etched glass plate with fish design from Jalisco
16 or 17th century green/yellow Talavera bowl
Objects made from polished horn
Wrought iron items
Jaguar mask from Guerrero state
Silver necklace with ruby, emerald and Mexican opal with two jaguars in confrontation from Guadalajara
Hammered silver jar with bird from Taxco, Guerrero
Large burnished ceramic jar with eagle from Jalisco
A "mosquito" drum made from hollowed out cedar from Xalapa, Veracruz
Wood devils mask from the state of San Luis Potosí,
Mural done with Mayolica tiles entitled Arbol geneologico del comienzo del mestizaje (Genealogy tree of the beginning of the mestizo) by Gorky Gonzales Quiñones
Traditional Mixtec woman's outfit
Mojiganga paper mache statue from Guanajuato
Tree of Life with nahual (Aztec human/animal demons) theme
Example of traditional Oaxaca dress
Examples of traditional Oaxaca dress
Serving plate decorated with nahuals (Aztec human/animal demons)
18th century blue/white Puebla plate
Stoneware plate with woman and bird design by Francisco Toledo
Stoneware plates with fish designs from Jalisco
Glassware for pulque
Wooden bowl stained with cochineal red dye
A rolling pin and two "molinillos" for whisking hot chocolate
Mixtec and Imperial style silver earring
Chiseled silver container from the Tane Workshop in Mexico City
A traditional Tree of Life
Huichol string art
Folk string instruments
Talavera plate
Talavera serving tray
Tree of Life with Talavera/mole theme
Talavera washbasins
Tastuan mask from Jalisco
Tastuan mask from Jalisco
Tiger mask from Chiapas
Toroloco Maclovio giant alebrije
Handcrafted toys
Tree of Life with crafts theme
Traditional Tzotzil dress
Stoneware vase with iguanas from Jalisco
Large stoneware vase with nahuals (Aztec human/animal demons) from Jalisco
Display of wood carvings