The Museo Textil de los Pueblos Indígenas y Afromexicanos, or MUT in Mexico City, opened its doors with the mission: to celebrate and preserve the rich, living heritage of the nation’s indigenous and Afro-Mexican textile arts.
The MUT was designed as a dynamic space that places the knowledge and traditions of these communities at the very center of the national conversation about identity, art, and history.
Visitors will find the museum in the Casa del Marqués del Apartado, a magnificent neoclassical palace built between 1795 and 1805 by the renowned architect Manuel Tolsá.
This historical setting, located on República de Argentina street in the Cuauhtémoc borough, provides a stunning backdrop for a collection that looks to the future by honoring the past. Inside, the museum is a treasure trove of culture, systematically spread across sixteen permanent exhibition halls distributed over three floors.
These halls are not simply displays; they are guided narratives that guide the visitor through the science, history, and spirituality of textile creation. Room titles such as “The Loom and the Virtuous Society,” “Indigenous Science on the Loom,” and “The Heritage of Ixcuina: Mexican Textile Fibers” hint at the deep intellectual and cultural journey that awaits.
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