Museo de la Caricatura

Description:

• Visitors can get to know Mexico through the caricatures that the country's inhabitants have drawn of themselves, of their governments and of their day-to-day reality at this creative museum. These printed comic, ironic or grotesque forms have been used by Mexicans to express their dreams of freedom and democracy since the early days of independence from Spain, culminating in newspapers such as 'El Ahuizote', which was in circulation from 1874 to 1876. The collection includes works by anonymous artists, famous caricaturists such as Posada, who used skulls to depict his impression of surrounding society, and other modern interpreters. An interesting and sharp-witted perspective of the country. Facilities also include a bookshop.
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