Museo José Guadalupe Posada

Great museum, very interesting, mostly about prints. They could improve it by offering you a bilingual service tho.

Another great museum to visit while in Aguascalientes! Full of great art and history. Also the famous Jose Guadalupe Posada for his works and prints. Very interesting to check out! Even though I cannot read Spanish, I can make some words out here and there.
The museum was clean and it’s A/C’ed. They also had the printing machines there as well and what he used to make them. Every picture on the paper was carved on the print blocks (from what I was told and by the looks of it).
Some, I’ve seen at the other museums as well. Had a great time and at the end, there’s a little table where you create your own print by coloring over the paper on the print blocks. Great for the kids and even adults.

Ubicado en uno de los barrios más bonitos del Centro Histórico de Aguascalientes, este Museo me tapó la boca, pues me atreví a asegurar que la oferta cultural era limitada en esta ciudad. Y es que sin duda, venir hasta Aguascalientes sin visitar por lo menos alguno de sus museos, resulta un pecado.
El Museo José Guadalupe Posada fue inaugurado en 1972, constituyéndose como el primer museo de arte del estado, y en el se expone gran parte de los grabados de este personaje. Pasó de ser casa cural a ser confiscado por el Estado y ocupado para diferentes fines, hasta su edificación como museo. En 2010 fue reinagurado luego de haber sido modificado y ampliado en más del 50 por cierto.
Sin duda es uno de mis lugares favoritos de Aguascalientes, pues tiene un acervo de aproximadamente tres mil piezas, en su mayoría de Posada; así como de Manuel Manilla, y otros autores de renombre nacional y extranjero como José Fors, Tamayo, Mimo Paladino entere otros.
Al salir del museo, no dudes en descansar a las afueras del mismo, pues los jardines que lo rodean sin duda se prestan para admirar la arquitectura de la zona, y para relajarte y ver la vida pasar. Sin duda un espacio imperdible.

We came back to Aguascalientes from Merida/​Cancun to spend a few more days with family. On this leg of our trip, we visited Museo José Guadalupe Posada, located in central Aguascalientes. While the museum bears José Guadalupe Posada’s name, some very nice work by contemporary Mexican artists is also on display in one wing of the museum.
José Guadalupe Posada (1852 – 1913) was an influential graphic artist/​printmaker/​engraver. His work, often satirical, is entertaining and appealing.
We got tripped up by the 5:00pm closing time and were somewhat rushed to see everything. Unilocal shows the closing time as 6:00pm, but it was five p.m. the day we were there. I’d say that if you leave yourself 1.5 to 2 hours, you’ll be able to leisurely check out the entire museum.
Photos without flash can be taken. In the interior courtyard, there is a table with a print block, little squares of paper and crayons for you to try your hand at creating a picture. That was fun.
Several inexpensive parking garages are located near the museum. As an aside, as compared to the United States, most parking garages in Mexico have restrooms.
Put Museo José Guadalupe Posada on your to-​do list when visiting Aguascalientes.