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Luis Barragán House and Studio

Luis Barragán House and Studio, also known as Casa Luis Barragán, is the former residence of architect Luis Barragán in Miguel Hidalgo district, Mexico City.

Luis Barragán House and Studio
Luis Barragán House and Studio · Thomas Ledl
The place

Luis Barragán House and Studio, also known as Casa Luis Barragán, is the former residence of architect Luis Barragán in Miguel Hidalgo district, Mexico City. It is owned by the Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía and the Government of the State of Jalisco. It is now a museum exhibiting Barragán's work and is also used by visiting architects. It retains the original furniture and Barragán's personal objects. These include a mostly Mexican art collection spanning the 16th to 20th century, with works by Picasso, Diego Rivera, José Clemente Orozco, Jesús Reyes Ferreira, and Miguel Covarrubias.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Luis Barragán House and Studio

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral

    The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven, also commonly called the Mexico City Metropolitan Cathedral, is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico. It is situated on top of the former Aztec sacred precinct near the Templo Mayor on the northern side of the Plaza de la Constitución in the historic center of Mexico City.

    6.7 km · cathedral in Mexico City · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    National Autonomous University of Mexico

    The National Autonomous University of Mexico is a public research university in Mexico. It has several campuses in Mexico City, and many others in various locations across Mexico, as well as a presence in nine countries.

    9.1 km · public research university in Mexico · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    National Museum of Anthropology

    The National Museum of Anthropology is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico.

    1.8 km · national museum of Mexico · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Aztec sun stone

    The Aztec sun stone is a late post-classic Mexica sculpture housed in the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, and is perhaps the most famous work of Mexica sculpture. It measures 3.6 metres in diameter and 98 centimetres thick, and weighs 24,590 kg.

    1.8 km · 16th century Mexica sculpture · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Universitary Olympic Stadium

    University Olympic Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Mexico, located inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City. Opened in 1952 as the nation's largest stadium, it has a capacity of 69,000, and its first major event was the 1955 Pan American Games.

    8.8 km · multipurpose stadium in University City, Mexico City · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Templo Mayor

    The Templo Mayor was the main temple of the Mexica people in their capital city of Tenōchtitlan, which is now Mexico City. Its architectural style belongs to the late Postclassic period of Mesoamerica.

    6.9 km · main Temple of Tenochtitlan · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Frida Kahlo Museum

    The Frida Kahlo Museum, also known as The Blue House for the structure's cobalt-blue walls, is a historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. It is in the Colonia del Carmen neighborhood of Coyoacán in Mexico City.

    6.9 km · historic house museum and art museum dedicated to the life and work of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Zócalo

    Zócalo is the common name of the main square in central Mexico City. Prior to the conquest by Spain, it was the main ceremonial center in the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan.

    6.6 km · plaza in Mexico City · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Museo Soumaya

    The Museo Soumaya is a private museum in Mexico City and a non-profit cultural institution with two museum buildings in Mexico City — Plaza Loreto opened in 1994 and Plaza Carso opened in 2011. It has over 66,000 works from 30 centuries of art including sculptures from Pre-Hispanic Mesoamerica, 19th- and 20th-century Mexican art and an extensive repertoire of works by European old masters and masters of modern western art such as Auguste Rodin, Salvador Dalí, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo and Tintoretto.

    3.6 km · art museum in Mexico City, Mexico, with two venues: Plaza Carso and Plaza Loreto. · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Q523194

    Chapultepec, more commonly called the "Bosque de Chapultepec" in Mexico City, is one of the largest city parks in Mexico, measuring in total just over 866 hectares. Centered on a rock formation called Chapultepec Hill, one of the park's main functions is as an ecological space in Greater Mexico City.

    600 m · urban park in Mexico City · Wikipedia

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Mexico City Benito Juárez (MEX), 13 km · Adolfo López Mateos (TLC), 40 km · Felipe Ángeles (NLU), 41 km
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Luis Barragán House and Studio. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inYou can have a look for shared rides on Blablacar.
  • Get aroundThere are plenty of franchised private buses, minibuses and vans, known as peseros and combis, which are less reliable and safe but reach more destinations.
  • Get aroundIn the metropolitan area, there is a commuter train line and the Mexibús bus rapid transit system, but most destinations are only served by private minibuses and vans.
  • Get aroundThe Sistema de Transporte Colectivo, known as the Metro, is one of the largest and most patronized subway systems in the world, with 12 lines that measure more than and carry 4.4 million people every day.
  • Get aroundIt's not recommended to leave the cable car stations and stroll around due to safety.

From Wikivoyage: Mexico City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Next door to Luis Barragán House and Studio

Luis Barragán House and Studio is 3 km from Miguel Hidalgo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.