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Monte Alban
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #4 of 44 attractions in Oaxaca

Monte Alban is the premier archaeological site near Oaxaca.It is a Zapotec site built and used over a thousand year period . It remained sacred even after it was abandoned.  One does not have to take...

Attraction type: Ancient ruins; Historic site; Religious site; History museum; Landmark/point of interest; Architectural building
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Rufino Tamayo Museum of Pre-Hispanic Art (Rufino Tamayo Museo de Arte Prehispanico de Mexico)
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #7 of 44 attractions in Oaxaca

Like many museums in Oaxaca, this museum is open at night as well as the daytime. One can stroll around town to the Zocalo and then down Independencia and up to Morelos and visit this museum, as a...

Attraction type: Art museum
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Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Oaxaca (MACO)
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #9 of 44 attractions in Oaxaca

This museum has permanent exhibits of five well-known Oaxacan artists and also has a rotating collection of modern exhibits.

Attraction type: History museum; Art museum
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Oaxaca Regional Museum (Museo Regional de Oaxaca)
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #10 of 44 attractions in Oaxaca

The Regional Museum is what is now known as the Centro Cultural de Santo Domingo. There is an article on that separately.

Attraction type: History museum; Museum
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La Mano Magica
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 4 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #16 of 44 attractions in Oaxaca
Attraction type: Art gallery
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Museo de las Culturas de Oaxaca
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #20 of 44 attractions in Oaxaca

This museum has its entrance just to the north of Sto Domingo churchs entrance. It is on the same plaza as the church and part of the same building, the attached old convent building. You might not...

Attraction type: Art museum
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Benito Juarez Home (Casa de Benito Juarez)
TripAdvisor Traveler Rating: 3.5 of 5 stars
TripAdvisor Popularity Index: #36 of 44 attractions in Oaxaca

This small house was the home of legendary Mexican President Benito Juarez for ten years during his childhood.

Attraction type: Historic home; Museum
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Centro Fotografico Alvarez Bravo
Attraction type: Art museum
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Museo Regional de Antropologia e Historia
Attraction type: History museum
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