Casa Talavera Cultural Center, Cultural center in La Merced, Mexico City, Mexico.

Casa Talavera Cultural Center occupies a building showcasing Mexican Baroque architecture with exhibition halls, classrooms, and multipurpose areas for community programming. The facility sits in the La Merced district and functions as a hub for artistic education and public gatherings.

The house was built in the 16th or early 17th century over a pre-Hispanic construction in the Temazcaltitlán neighborhood of Tenochtitlán. It later belonged to the Marquis de Aguayo, who expelled the French from Texas in the early 18th century. Until the 1920s it housed the Gabino Barreda School; in 1931 it was declared a national monument, and after expropriation in 1980 it became a cultural center in 2002 under the Universidad Autónoma de la Ciudad de México.

The center hosts ongoing exhibitions showcasing Mexican art traditions alongside pottery and textile workshops that draw local participants. Visitors can observe artists at work and engage with demonstrations that keep traditional craftsmanship alive in the community.

The building stands at the corner of Calle Talavera and República del Salvador in La Merced, where Calle Talavera hosts the annual tianguis selling supplies for the re-dressing of Child Jesus images before Candlemas on February 2. The site museum occupies a downstairs annex, and the two patios, one with a drainage well once used to gauge Lake Texcoco's level, orient a visit.

Archaeological excavations uncovered pre-Hispanic and colonial ceramics at this site, alongside remnants of an old kiln and other structures. These discoveries are now displayed in the center's museum, revealing the deep layers of the location's past.