We could see the Zocalo and the Cathedral from our table at breakfast this morning
Today we visited the Museo de Franz Mayer. The museum houses the collection of Fran’s Mayer, a German born financier. It isn’t a big museum but there were three exhibits that made it special.
First was a temporary exhibit done in collaboration with the Getty museum, exploring different narratives of the conquest of Mexico. Most documents paint the conquistadors as heroic but there are other contemporaneous documents that were critical of the conquest. Examples of both were displayed.
I loved the Franz Mayer library.
In a small adjacent room they had a special scanner and a woman who was scanning an old book.
There was also an exhibit about the trade between the Philippines and Mexico between 1565 and 1815. It was something I knew nothing about. It was fascinating.
Next we went to the Museo de Estanquillo. The exhibit was about clothing and style through the years in Mexico
It has been interesting to a big team of people set up a stage and chairs in the Zocalo outside our window. Apparently it is for some kind of big awards ceremony which we think will be tomorrow. We figured that there are about 20,000 chairs.
We ate dinner at a restaurant at the top of the Gran Hotel.
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