If you don’t have plans for today, check out all the events, festivals, exhibitions, and activities happening in Mexico City. You’ll probably find something that motivates you to leave the house and make plans with friends, your partner, or family. Some activities are even free.
Activities You Can Do Today in Mexico City
1. AztLÁn, Tunnel of Time
A contemporary art exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts focused on Chicano culture and identity. More than 33 artists explore themes such as neighborhood culture, migration, roots, symbolism, and social change through installations, photography, painting, and sculpture. The exhibition highlights the shared history between Mexico and the United States and the role of Chicano communities within it.
2. Trades of Ink: Ali Kazma
This exhibition at the Franz Mayer Museum presents audiovisual installations about books, writing, editing, and archives. Turkish artist Ali Kazma explores the hidden human labor behind the creation of books and reflects on how technology and digital media have changed the way people consume knowledge and literature.
3. The Womb Space – Delcy Morelos
At MUAC, Colombian artist Delcy Morelos created an immersive installation inspired by the earth, motherhood, volcanoes, and pre-Hispanic symbolism. The artwork fills the room with organic forms and scents that connect visitors with nature and the origins of life.
4. The Collection, With All Its Letters
The Museum of the Object (MODO) celebrates its anniversary with an exhibition featuring thousands of objects from its collection. The exhibit explores Mexican culture and everyday life through advertising, design, packaging, and vintage products collected over decades.
5. Disputing the Gaze: Visual Imaginaries of Indigenous Women
This exhibition at the National Museum of Art examines how Indigenous women have been represented in Mexican art over the last five centuries. Through paintings, photography, textiles, sculptures, and prints, the exhibit questions stereotypes and explores how art has shaped cultural perceptions.
6. Ideal Territory: José María Velasco
One of the most important landscape painters in Mexican history is celebrated in this exhibition at MUNAL. It features more than 100 works, including paintings, drawings, lithographs, and photographs that portray Mexico’s landscapes during the 19th century.
7. Space Station Papalote
A family-friendly immersive experience at Papalote Children’s Museum inspired by space missions. Children can participate in interactive astronaut activities such as collecting space debris, driving rovers, and learning about astronomy through games and simulations.
8. Mexico and Asia: The Manila Galleon
At San Ildefonso College, this historical exhibition explores the connection between Mexico and Asia through the Manila Galleon trade route. More than 300 pieces—including maps, porcelain, textiles, and artworks—show how cultural exchange shaped Mexican history for over 250 years.
9. Soccer and Art
This exhibition at the Jumex Museum celebrates the 2026 FIFA World Cup and explores soccer as a cultural and artistic phenomenon. The exhibit combines contemporary art with themes such as identity, community, gender, and global culture.
10. Networks and Collectivities in Mexico
This MUAC exhibition revisits Mexican artist collectives from the late 1970s and early 1980s. Through artworks, archives, and political materials, it explores how artists responded to social repression and political change through collaborative art movements.
Source: timeoutmexico
