Museo Regional Potosino – An Insight to Pre-Hispanic Mexican Culture

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The Regional museum was founded in the year 1590, but it was established as Franciscan Monastery in the city of San Luis Potosi. The monastery was converted into a regional museum and inaugurated on 20th November in 1952. The museum exhibits a number of significant historical testimonies of the city along with a number of objects of the Viceroyalty. The museum also consists of a number of historical documents from archaeological collections that includes places like Olmec, Mixtec, Totonac, etc. along with pre-Hispanic Mexican culture. With special emphasis on pre-Hispanic culture, the museum reflects the history of indigenous people and objects.

The museum has a number of halls and divisions displaying different things and information. The upper floor of the museum consists of gold and aqua colored Capilla de Aranzazu that is an elaborately designed chapel constructed in the mid of the 18th century influenced by Churrigueresque style. The museum is architected in Novohispana architecture, and the baroque window of the chapel adds to the intriguing design. The museum consists of majorly four showrooms that have different exhibits and objects for display.

The Huasteca Potosina is one of the rooms that gives detailed information about the first settlers of the area displaying old and ethnic customs, information about geographical locations and the environment surrounding Huasteca. The Meso-america room of the museum is dedicated for display of history about national territory and some of the exclusive parts of Central America. The Aranzazu chapel is part of the top floor which has a baroque arched window of octagonal shape adorned with a Caravaca cross. The façade of the chapel is gorgeous and designed with intricate detail. The last showroom of the museum is the foundation room which consists of a number of original historical documents and has old layout and plans of the San Luis City.

The museum is open from Tuesday to Saturday from 10 am to 7pm, and the admission fee is $42 peso for the general public. However, the best part is the entry is absolutely free on Sunday. The museum keeps the era of pre-Hispanic times alive through the collection of various artifacts, objects, and documents used during that period. The architecture has been restored and designed number of times. The historical testimonies of San Luis Potosi are one of the most important document preservation inside the museum. The information in the museum is great for school and college educational tour especially with a free tour available on Sundays.

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