Centro Interactivo Mundo Futbol, Soccer museum in Pachuca, Mexico.
The Centro Interactivo Mundo Futbol is a soccer museum in Pachuca featuring four themed sections that guide visitors through different aspects of the sport. Each section combines exhibitions with hands-on activities and interactive experiences designed to engage all types of visitors.
The building was constructed between 2004 and 2005 for a planned contemporary art museum within the Parque David Ben Gurión, inaugurated on 13 March 2005. In mid-2010 the Hidalgo state government handed the abandoned building to Grupo Pachuca, which converted it for the football centre and added the Salón de la Fama, finished on 9 June 2011. Both were inaugurated on 9 July 2011 by President Felipe Calderón with Chile's President Sebastián Piñera and FIFA head Joseph Blatter.
The name Mundo Fútbol refers to the sport's global reach, and the museum shares its building complex with the Salón de la Fama del Fútbol, opened the same day in July 2011 by FIFA president Joseph Blatter alongside presidents Felipe Calderón of Mexico and Sebastián Piñera of Chile. The four rooms are named in Spanish: Entérate, Entrena, Juega and Triunfa.
The museum is open most days of the week and typically requires two to five hours to visit fully, depending on how much time you spend at each interactive station. Plan to arrive early to allow yourself time for all the sections.
The visit begins in a FIFA Tunnel that recreates a professional player's walk into a stadium. The building itself was first planned as a contemporary art museum, built in 2004-2005, and handed to Grupo Pachuca in 2010. Its exhibition hall spans 1,680 m² under metal trusses with 42 m spans.
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