My last weekend in Mexico! 

Today I went to the Museo Franz Mayer on Avenida Hidalgo.

Its right opposite the Parque Alameda Central.  

This is the beautiful central courtyard. 

At the moment there is an exhibition hanging outside- such a great setting.

The view from the cafe.

Its an awful photo, but such a stunning piece that I had to include it anyway!

La conquista de Mexico y vista de la cuidad de Mexico. 

I had been told that Franz Mayer had a huge collection of 'stuff' and that he collected in categories - so he had loads of keys, loads of wardrobes, loads of trunks. It took them ages to organise his collection because it was just piled up in the spare rooms of his house. I imagined that the museum would be filled with many examples of the same things organised in groups - which is true -  but I never imagined how exquisite the pieces in each collection would be.

Ignacio Zulolaga y Zabaleta (Eibar, 1870 - Madrid, 1945) Francisco y su mujer.