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The Mexican Museum's website offers a Featured Virtual Tour that lets you explore its collections from anywhere. You can browse galleries at your own pace, zoom in on artifacts and artworks, and watch related videos in the site's Video Library. This is the option to use if you can't visit in person — the museum is currently undergoing a reconfiguration and preparing to move to a permanent home in Yerba Buena Gardens at 706 Mission Street, San Francisco.
What the virtual tour includes
According to the museum's site, the Featured Virtual Tour ("¡Bienvenido al Mexican Museum!") is designed to let you:
- Walk through Mexican art and culture online
- Explore the museum's extensive collections at your own pace
- Click through the galleries
- Zoom in on intricate details of artifacts and artworks
- Discover the stories behind the pieces
The site describes the range as going "from awe-inspiring artifacts to breathtaking art," so expect a mix of objects and artworks rather than a single exhibition.
How to access it
- Go to mexicanmuseum.org.
- Find the Featured Virtual Tour section on the homepage.
- Select the option to explore the gallery (the site labels this "Explore our gallery").
- Move through the galleries at your own pace, using the zoom function to look closely at individual pieces.
The tour is self-guided — there's no schedule or booking step described on the site, so you can start and stop as you like.
What else you can watch
Beyond the virtual tour, the site hosts a Video Library with additional content, including:
| Video | Length / note |
|---|---|
| Virtual Tour | 02:43 |
| Building The New Museum | 00:09 |
| The Façade | — |
| Pan American Unity Mural by Diego Rivera | Official documentary |
| Museo Regional de Cholula | — |
| Alebrijes from TMM's Valner Collection | — |
The Diego Rivera Pan American Unity mural documentary is the most substantial film listed, and the shorter clips give quick views of the museum's building and facade plans.
Who this is for
The virtual tour suits anyone who wants to see the collections without traveling to San Francisco, including visitors outside the Bay Area and anyone planning a future trip who wants a preview. Because the museum is in a transitional phase before its move to Yerba Buena Gardens, the online tour is also a way to stay connected to the collection while the physical galleries are being reconfigured.
If you'd like to go further, the site also lists ways to support the museum's next chapter, but the virtual tour and video library are free to browse directly from the homepage.