Sightseeing
Museo Posada
📍 Museo Posada, Aguascalientes, Mexico
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Introduction
The Museo José Guadalupe Posada in Aguascalientes commemorates the Mexican printmaker. Posada (1852–1913) worked in cheap newspaper illustration, producing a vast body of skeleton prints that cast politicians, celebrities and ordinary trades as calaveras to satirise the politics of his day — among them La Catrina, later quoted by Rivera and now the most widely circulated image of Day of the Dead. The museum holds his original plates and a large body of impressions, showing how the imagery travelled from the street press into national culture.
✨ Highlights
1
Original plates and prints
The blocks he worked on and many newspaper impressions, showing how the prints were actually made.
2
Where La Catrina begins
The original of the elegant skeleton — the starting point for the festival's imagery.
3
The politics behind the satire
Displays set out Porfirian-era tensions and the culture of the street press.
🛈 Practical Info
→Duration：1–2 hours
→Address：Museo Posada, Aguascalientes, Mexico
→Best time：By day; check official hours
→Around：In Aguascalientes; include in city tour
→Activities：Permanent & temporary
→Tours：Mostly Spanish, some English
💡 Tips
• A small museum, about an hour, best paired with the Museo de la Muerte.
• Labels are chiefly Spanish, with limited English.
• Beside a church in the centre, walkable from the main square.
FAQ
Any practical tips for visiting Museo Posada?
A small museum, about an hour, best paired with the Museo de la Muerte. Labels are chiefly Spanish, with limited English.
Information on this page is compiled from public sources. Opening hours, ticket prices and other details may change — please verify with official sources before your visit.
