Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes
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Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes traces the state’s history from prehistory to today in a historic house in central Aguascalientes.
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Why go
- Collections tracing Aguascalientes from the Pleistocene to the early 20th century.
Don't miss
- Conquest, viceroyalty and Porfiriato displaysDisplays cover the Conquest, the colonial viceroyalty and the Porfiriato.Museum galleries
What's inside
- The museum brings together cultural history and natural science, including the region’s precolonial and colonial inhabitants.
Interesting facts2
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1902
A digitised collection comprises 198 Mexican banknotes dated 1902–1982.
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1916
Refugio Reyes may have built the house’s chapel altar around 1916.
Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes
History
Colegio Cristóbal Colón moved elsewhere in 1987.
- 1887Juan Ponce and Josefa Cano’s children inherited the property.
- 1901Architect Refugio Reyes Rivas designed the house for the Macías Arellano family.
- 1908Matilde López de Valadéz bought the property and hired Refugio Reyes to improve its courtyards and façade.
- 1920s–1930sDoctor Ballard Edelen Galloway and his family lived in the house. He treated patients in a home office and worked for ASARCO Company.
- 1951The Adoratrices Perpetuas Guadalupanas rented the building and founded Colegio Cristóbal Colón, a girls’ school.
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- 1987The school moved elsewhere, and the museum was established to exhibit the state’s history.
- 3 October 1988The museum officially opened.
How to get there
- On footThe entrance is at Calle Venustiano Carranza 118, Colonia Centro, Aguascalientes.
Sources: Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes - … · Aguascalientes - Wikivoyage (see) · Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes · checked 4 Oct 2026
Where
Peatonal Venustiano Carranza 118 Zona Centro, Aguascalientes
- Phone
- +52 449 916 5228
Questions and answers
When did the Museo Regional de Historia de Aguascalientes officially open?
It officially opened on 3 October 1988.
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