List of museums in Chihuahua
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The Mexican city of Chihuahua was founded in 1709 and has a rich history that is reflected in the museums found there, which range in subject matter from prehistoric times to the modern day.
Museo Casa Chihuahua is an early 20th-century building in Chihuahua city centre. It served as the federal building for the city until 2004, when it was renovated as a city museum, specialising in traveling exhibits, with everything from the fine arts to the decorative arts, to exhibits such as a numismatic history of the Republic. It also houses, in the basement, the jail cell of Fr Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, widely considered the 'Father of the Country'. Fr Hidalgo was the first leader of the insurgency for independence from Spain. He was captured by the Spaniards early in 1811, tried and executed on 30 July 1811 at the neighbouring Government Palace. It is on the Avenida Venustiano Carranza and Calle Libertad.
Government Palace of Chihuahua. Though not technically a museum, the Government Palace or State House of Chihuahua contains some of the finest murals in the Republic. The entire first floor and much of the second floor are covered in murals commemorating the history of the state, painted by one of Mexico's renowned muralists, Aarón Piña Mora.
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