2022 - Querétaro, Mexico - 35 - Museo de Arte de Querétaro
The inner courtyard of Museo de Arte de Querétaro (Museum of Art of Querétaro) Calle de Allende Sur No. 14.
The Querétaro Art Museum (MAQRO) was inaugurated on September 22, 1988 in the old San Agustín Cloister.
The museum offers a cultural space that has given rise to hundreds of exhibitions by national and international artists.
The museum building dates from the 18th century and in 1987 it was declared a Cultural Heritage by decree of former President Miguel de la Madrid.
It is located in the former convent of San Agustín, considered one of the most important baroque cloisters in America.
It was built between 1731 and 1743 under the supervision of Fray Luis Martínez Lucio.
Over time the building functioned as a House of Major Studies of the Agustina Province of San Nicolás de Tolentino de Michoacán, military barracks, hospital and federal palace, until it was finally restored and inaugurated as a museum on September 22, 1988.
The museum has fifteen exhibition halls where temporary exhibitions and the permanent collection are housed.
The museum divides its collection into five sections: Mannerism, Baroque, European painting, Academia de San Carlos, and temporary exhibitions.
2022 - Querétaro, Mexico - 35 - Museo de Arte de Querétaro
The inner courtyard of Museo de Arte de Querétaro (Museum of Art of Querétaro) Calle de Allende Sur No. 14.
The Querétaro Art Museum (MAQRO) was inaugurated on September 22, 1988 in the old San Agustín Cloister.
The museum offers a cultural space that has given rise to hundreds of exhibitions by national and international artists.
The museum building dates from the 18th century and in 1987 it was declared a Cultural Heritage by decree of former President Miguel de la Madrid.
It is located in the former convent of San Agustín, considered one of the most important baroque cloisters in America.
It was built between 1731 and 1743 under the supervision of Fray Luis Martínez Lucio.
Over time the building functioned as a House of Major Studies of the Agustina Province of San Nicolás de Tolentino de Michoacán, military barracks, hospital and federal palace, until it was finally restored and inaugurated as a museum on September 22, 1988.
The museum has fifteen exhibition halls where temporary exhibitions and the permanent collection are housed.
The museum divides its collection into five sections: Mannerism, Baroque, European painting, Academia de San Carlos, and temporary exhibitions.