Museo Nacional de la Estampa

The Museo Nacional de la Estampa is a museum dedicated to printmaking housed in a Neoclassical building near Plaza de Santa Veracruz. The collection includes prints, matrices, and artist books from Mexican and international creators across different periods.

The museum was founded in 1986 to preserve Mexican graphic arts in a 19th-century building. Its collection spans from pre-Hispanic seals to modern printing techniques and documents the long history of this art form in the country.

Printmaking in Mexico has been a vital form of artistic and social expression across centuries, and this museum shows how it continues today. You can see how different techniques and styles from historical to contemporary works reflect the cultural importance of this art form.

The museum sits centrally in the historic old city and is easily reached on foot from various transportation lines. Plan for at least 2 to 3 hours to comfortably walk through the exhibitions.

The museum holds a significant collection of works by José Guadalupe Posada, a legendary Mexican artist whose skeleton symbols became icons of Mexican culture. These works show the power of printmaking to express social and political themes.