Museo Memoria y Tolerancia & Mexico's Crypto-Jewish Legacy
Mexico City, Mexico
About This Activity
The Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (MXN 100 / ~$6) covers the Holocaust, global genocides, and human rights. Its Jewish history section connects to Mexico's own crypto-Jewish legacy — thousands of conversos fled the Spanish and Portuguese Inquisitions to colonial New Spain, secretly practicing Judaism for centuries. Some communities in northern Mexico maintained crypto-Jewish traditions into the 20th century. The museum is next to the Palacio de Bellas Artes. Closed Mondays.
Seasonal note: Year-round; closed Mondays
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