Museo Arocena

Museo Arocena is an art museum in Torreón that spans multiple connected buildings featuring European, colonial, and regional Mexican art collections. The exhibition spaces display thousands of artworks and historical objects collected over generations by a local family.

The museum grew from an art collection assembled by a family of Basque descent who became influential merchants and landowners in the region. This private gathering of artworks eventually transformed into a public institution showcasing the region's artistic heritage.

The collection reflects how a prominent local family displayed European and Mexican art across their home and gallery spaces over time. Visitors can observe how wealth and taste shaped the visual surroundings of Torréon's most influential households in the 20th century.

The museum stands near the main plaza and offers multiple entry points connecting to different building sections, so plan to explore more than one area. Several hours are worth spending here given the scope of the collections and the number of exhibition floors to discover.

The upper floor preserves an original residential space furnished with period pieces and personal items from around 1900 showing how the family actually lived. This intact living quarters offer a rare glimpse into the everyday surroundings of the region's wealthiest households at that time.