Cuartel del Arte en Pachuca, Hidalgo, Art museum in central Pachuca, Mexico
Cuartel del Arte is a contemporary art museum housed in a two-story building with a pink and white stone facade featuring neoclassical architectural details. The structure contains multiple exhibition spaces designed to display rotating collections of artworks.
The building served as a mining school from 1861 before being converted into military barracks during the Mexican Revolution. It transitioned to its current role as an art museum in 2001, blending its historical past with contemporary use.
The museum displays rotating exhibitions of artworks from national and international artists, with collections that change seasonally. Visitors can explore different artistic styles and periods throughout the galleries.
The gallery occupies the former military barracks of the Convento de San Francisco complex in Pachuca's historic centre, with its main facade facing west onto the street. The entrance sits in the rear stone wall, framed by two square columns and a rounded arch, with a balcony above. The building reopened on 13 March 2019 after facade renovation works begun in March 2018.
The building was long known as Cuartel "Gabriel Hernández", after the 1929 handover to the military. Its main facade faces west, clad in carved pink and white cantera, with a round-arched doorway between two low windows and three second-floor balconies above a shared stone balustrade.
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