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The state of Hidalgo offers travelers various sites of interest to discover the mysteries and beauty of the state.  There is an abundance of history and fun and visitors will be very satisfied with the many museum exhibits. 

The Mining Museum

Located in the Casa Colonial (Colonial House), in the central zone of Pachuca, is the famous Mining Museum.  The museum has numerous exhibits of mineral samples, photographs, and machinery and equipment that once was used in mining.  There are three exhibit rooms and a garden.  Visitors can get a feel for the mining processes that were once used in Pachuca and Real del Monte.

Hours:  Wednesday – Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

The Mineralogy Museum

This museum, with beautiful furnishings from the Porfiriana Era, is located inside the Hidalgo State Independent University on Abasolo Street.  It has more than 1200 mineral samples from the region and around the world and also exhibits fossils found in the area. 

Hours:  Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. and Saturday – Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Regional History Museum

To see prehistoric animal fossils and pre-Hispanic objects, visit the Regional History Museum.  It is located in the Colonia Centro on Arista Street.  The museum has an extensive collection of local history in the form of objects, photographs, and documents that tell the history of Pachuca and the surrounding area.  There are three themed rooms in this great place where visitors can see everything from a mammoth tooth to pictures of Independence era heroes. 

Hours:  Tuesday – Sunday, 11:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Rehilete Museum

This is an interactive center of knowledge and fun.  This museum setting showcases science, art and technology in the form of direct experience and play.  The Rehilete Museum is one of the best destinations for children. 

It offers permanent exhibits, an archeological exhibit, a botanical garden, a library, interactive areas focused on science, a planetarium and an observatory.  For your convenience, the museum also offers ample parking, a business area, a cafeteria and a souvenir shop. 

The museum is near Mexico-Pachuca Highway km. 84.5. 
Hours:  Tuesday – Friday, 9:30 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. and Saturday – Sunday, 10:30 a.m. – 7:30 p.m. 

Hidalgo Planetarium

Within the Rehilete, in Pachuca de Soto, you will find the excellent Planetarium.  The round room has a panoramic display of the celestial sky.  Experience the marvels of the vast universe and the wonders of astronomy. 

The Planetarium also has an archeology park, an area that showcases advanced robotic technology and a cafeteria.  The building has the capacity to accommodate 80 comfortably. 

Hours:  Tuesday, Friday, Saturdays and Sundays, 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

National Photography Museum

The National Photography Museum is located in the Hidalgo Cultural Center on the corner of Hidalgo Street and Arista Street.  It exhibits the work of great national and foreign photographers.   

The museum began in 1984, in the building that was once the San Francisco Convent.  This unique place exhibits photography in an educational way, presenting the different physical and chemical procedures involved in photography. 

Here you will find antique machines and cameras, film processing and exposure techniques, and the works of the most outstanding photographers from Mexico and around the world.   

Hours:  Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

History Museum

The History Museum is located in Pachuca’s State Congress Civic Center (also known as Capilla Civica de la Constitucion or the Constitution Civic Chapel).  It can be found in a room in one of the corridors of the Legislative Government Building. 

This museum features photographs and original national and state historical documents.  The first section has a wealth of interesting photographs including a photo of President Venustiano Carranza.  The second area holds books and documents from the State of Hidalgo’s declaration to Governor Reports. 

The Tepeapulco Archeological Museum

49 kilometers southeast of Pachuca, on Highway 105, you will find the Tepeapulco Archeological Museum.  Its rooms hold a collection of pieces from many different explorations of the nearby Xihuingo site. Among the exhibits, you will find war tools used by the ancient inhabitants of this land. 

Tepeapulco also has a Casa de la Cultura (House of Culture) that is worth mentioning.  It promotes art from the state of Hidalgo with painting, photography and many other types of art exhibits. 

Hours:  Tuesday – Sunday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Jorge R. Acosta Archeological Museum

Located 1 kilometer west of the city of Tula de Allende, next to the archeological zone, is the Jorge R. Acosta Archeological Museum.  Visitors can see the architecture, religious and ceremonial tools and ancient objects from the Toltec culture.  The area, beautiful and mysterious, has eight sections of exhibits.  This site offers a panoramic view of the history of the archeological digs that have taken place here.

Hours:  Tuesday – Sunday, 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

The Acosta Mine Site Museum

On the old road to Guerrero, in Real del Monte, you will find an original and interesting industrial archeology site:  an old mine turned museum.  This was one of the richest mines in Hidalgo, but the resources were exhausted and the mine was abandoned.  In 1998, several scientists studied and shared their findings.  Thanks to their efforts, the museum was established. 

There is a cavern, almost ½ a kilometer wide, visitors can cross (outfitted with a helmet, lamp, boots and mining overalls) to get an idea of how difficult mining work really was.  Visitors can also tour the old warehouses, engine rooms, and the Superintendent’s house (which was nicely reconstructed) to experience what the life and work of the miners was like. 

Religious and Ethnographic Museum

36 kilometers northwest of Pachuca de Soto, via Highway 85, in the ancient cloister above the San Nicolas de Actopan Convent, you will find the Religious and Ethnographic Museum. 

This cultural museum offers visitors a panoramic view of the colonial history of the region and the ethnic groups who inhabited Hidalgo before the arrival of the Spanish.  It has four permanent exhibit rooms, as well as carved wooden furniture, oil paintings and sculpture from the 18th and 19th centuries (including the outstanding sculpture of San Nicolas Tolentino). 

Hours:  Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m and 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.