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WEBSITE ABOUT CULTURAL EVENTS
To find out what's going on in the city, check the Oaxaca Cultural Calendar on the web. www.oaxacacalendar.com
NEW MUSEUMS
TEXTILE MUSEUM of OAXACA
TEXTILE MUSEUM of OAXACA
Hidalgo 917, corner Fiallo
Daily except Tuesday: 10 AM - 8 PM
Free
Tel: 501-1104; 501-1617
www.museotextildeoaxaca.org.mx
Inaugurated in late April, 2008, this privately-funded, state-of-the-art museum is dedicated to the collection, exhibition, conservation, and study of textile arts from around the world. The museum is housed in a newly restored 18th C. colonial building specially equipped for textile display and research. Three thematic exhibits are planned per year, each highlighting textiles from the museum's growing permanent collection. The inaugural show is entitled From Mitla to Sumatra: The Art of the Woven Fret. It will remain on display until August 25.
An adjoining shop carries superb examples of Oaxacan weaving and dying.
The Textile Museum is another gift to Oaxaca from the Alfredo Harp Helú Foundation; the founding collection was donated by Alfredo Harp, Maria Isabel Grañen Porrúa, Francisco Toledo, and Alejandro de Avila. The museum is first rate; if you have even a passing interest in textiles, don't miss it.
Daily except Tuesday: 10 AM - 8 PM
Free
Tel: 501-1104; 501-1617
www.museotextildeoaxaca.org.mx
Inaugurated in late April, 2008, this privately-funded, state-of-the-art museum is dedicated to the collection, exhibition, conservation, and study of textile arts from around the world. The museum is housed in a newly restored 18th C. colonial building specially equipped for textile display and research. Three thematic exhibits are planned per year, each highlighting textiles from the museum's growing permanent collection. The inaugural show is entitled From Mitla to Sumatra: The Art of the Woven Fret. It will remain on display until August 25.
An adjoining shop carries superb examples of Oaxacan weaving and dying.
The Textile Museum is another gift to Oaxaca from the Alfredo Harp Helú Foundation; the founding collection was donated by Alfredo Harp, Maria Isabel Grañen Porrúa, Francisco Toledo, and Alejandro de Avila. The museum is first rate; if you have even a passing interest in textiles, don't miss it.
BELBER JIMÉNEZ MUSEUM
Matamoros 307 (corner Tinoco y Palacios)
Open Monday through Friday: 11 AM - 2 PM; 4 - 6 PM
20 pesos (free for the month of June)
Tel: 514-5095
This small, intimate museum--the most recent addition to Oaxaca's cultural life--features the personal collection of Mexican jewelry, folk art and textiles of Federico Jiménez and Ellen Belber. Oaxacan-born Federico and his wife began collecting in the 1960s and over the decades amassed superb examples of jewelry dating from pre-hispanic to modern times, a diversity of Oaxacan huipiles, and an eclectic sampling of artesania, much of which is no longer produced. The collection is unique and reflects the interests and passions of its founders who in gratitude for their family's success have gifted this jewel of a museum to Oaxaca. An additional draw is a temporary exhibit of antique serapes from Saltillo and some exceptional tapetes from Teotitlan del Valle. For fans of Mexican artisanry, this museum is proof that good things come in small packages. Well worth a visit.
An adjacent shop features silver and turquoise jewelry designed by Federico, antiques, rugs, ethnic clothing, plus other delights.
An adjacent shop features silver and turquoise jewelry designed by Federico, antiques, rugs, ethnic clothing, plus other delights.
JUNE 2008
BUS FARES
The municipal bus fare has been raised from 3.50 to 4.50 pesos.
The municipal bus fare has been raised from 3.50 to 4.50 pesos.
DOCTORS
Sadly, Dr. Ramon Jiménez Caballero (page 79) is deceased. His clinic, Medica 2002, continues to offer a full roster of medical specialists and can provide referrals.
Sadly, Dr. Ramon Jiménez Caballero (page 79) is deceased. His clinic, Medica 2002, continues to offer a full roster of medical specialists and can provide referrals.