Museo Archivo de la Fotografía, Photography museum in Centro Histórico, Cuauhtémoc, Mexico.

The Museo Archivo de la Fotografía is a photography museum in the Historic Center that collects and displays two million photographs. The collection documents the development of Mexico City, its infrastructure, buildings, and social changes over more than a century.

The museum preserves photographs from the early 1900s, including images of municipal police in ceremonial uniforms and the development of parks. This collection shows how the city built its modern structures and infrastructure.

The exhibition halls show how people in Mexico City have lived and worked, documented through photographs by different photographers and documentary artists. The images capture everyday moments, special events, and how the city has transformed over time.

The museum occupies La Casa de las Ajaracas at República de Guatemala 34, on the corner with Templo Mayor, beside the Templo Mayor site and behind the Metropolitan Cathedral. Its windows look onto Plaza Manuel Gamio and, in the distance, the Palacio Nacional and the Zócalo. The building has three exhibition floors reached by stairs, and a consultation room and projection room serve visitors.

The museum holds original photographs on glass negatives, an old photographic method that preserved fine details. These materials come from different institutions and allow visitors to experience history through the most original photographic sources.