Museums
Mining Museum. Hall of the Museum of Mining. The Rehilete Museum: a place to learn while having fun, built in 1997. Its name evokes a popular Mexican toy that comes alive in the wind. The museum is divided into five rooms: Science, Art, Technology, More on Science and World. All specially designed for children to explore, experiment and discover the basic principles of scientific knowledge and art. The tour includes the Archaeological trail “to see the most representative pieces of Mesoamerican cultures, and Botanical bringing together the main cacti Hidalgo state. Also in the room explained Dale March and shows the inner workings of an engine. Other educational and recreational spaces of Rehilete are projection rooms, computer and virtual reality, video library, Internet service and a shop advertising.Address: Mexico-Pachuca Km 84.5, Pachuca de Soto-Hidalgo Mining Museum of Pachuca is located nineteenth century building, which was the location of the boxes of San Rafael. It has two exhibition areas, a public library and newspaper archive, a photo lab, providing a comprehensive overview of the historical development of mining in Pachuca and Real del Monte. Blanket over 1,800 linear feet of documents, 10,000 graphics, numerous tools and equipment rescued from oblivion, the same that are used to reconstruct the history of mining in the region from 1556 to 1967. Also kept the original documents of social revolt organized by workers in 1776, an event which is the main antecedent of strikes in Mexico. Also shown is the first miners’ union banner of Pachuca, founded in 1934. Address: Calle de Mina 10, Colonia Centro.Regional Museum of History of Hidalgo: The journey begins with the presentation of natural areas and the exhibition of fossils and prehistoric objects, like a mammoth jaw, utensils of clay, bone and obsidian and figures of men, animals and trees cut in stone. This section also plotted the domain area that had the Huasteca and Aztec cultures, also referred to the archaeological discoveries in the area of Tula. The second room “Roberto Weitlaner”, shows the splendor of the colonial era. Here we look at the places of Catholic evangelization and artistic pieces of that historical period. In the last environment “Cesar Lizardi, beautiful carvings are displayed in gilded wood, wrought iron utensils, religious objects, silver and oil paintings, among other artistic representations of New Spain. Address: Calle Arista 200, Colonia Centro. National Museum of Photography: Opened in 1984 lets you know the history of photography.Another aspect that is found in its rooms, are the physical and chemical principles that allow the world to perpetuate an image of a simple paper. The museum has a selection of stereoscopic viewers, old vaults, its historical evolution, their parts and the tools needed for digital photos and images. The samples were supplemented with a mosaic of images related to important events in Mexico, and impressive collections of famous contemporary photographers. Beside the museum is the Library of the National Institute of Anthropology and History. Founded in 1976, retains 900.000 images, being the largest photographic collection of country. His legacy includes the Casasola. Historical Museum: it consists of a chamber installed in the stairwell of the legislative branch, located in the Civic Center of the State Congress. Among its collection gathers mostly photographs and original documents, and is divided into: National History and History of the State.Mineralogy Museum: more than 1,200 mineral samples from the region and the world, are the greatest treasure of its divisions, in which are seen, too, some fossils found in the state of Hidalgo. All parts are displayed in a delicate float glass shelves made of a special procedure. These were manufactured in the era of Porfirio Diaz, that is for the government of Porfirio D az (1876-1910). Address: Abasolo 200, Colonia Centro, Pachuca de Soto, Hidalgo. At the premises of the Autonomous University of Hidalgo. Planetarium of the City of Pachuca: The planetarium is located on the Mexico-Pachuca, km 84.5, where you can admire the wonders of macro and microcosm through projections and specific explanations concerning our universe in a comfortable room with a capacity 80 people, the same building that occupies a 11-meter circular diameter.
