Collection

       The Museum possesses the largest collection of Marian art in Mexico. Pieces relating to Guadalupan art predominate, but there is also a portrait gallery, European art, ivory, sculptures in a diversity of techniques and materials, prints, photographs and examples of the applied and decorative arts, including furniture, tapestries, liturgical vestments, silverwork and porcelain.

        The origin of these pieces is equally varied, with works from New Spain, Mexico, South America, Europe and Asia, created between the fifteenth and the twenty-first centuries (contemporary art is another focus of the Museum).

         The collection is constantly being expanded. The vast majority are anonymous works, but there are some by recognized artists such as Matías de Arteaga y Alfaro, Baltasar de Echave Ibía, Sebastián [López] de Arteaga, Juan Correa, Cristóbal de Villalpando, Nicolás Rodríguez Juárez, José de Ibarra, Miguel Cabrera, José de Alcíbar, Juan Cordero, Pedro Gualdi, Casimiro Castro, José Guadalupe Posada, Hugo Brehme and David Alfaro Siqueiros, among others.

       The artworks in the Museum of the Basilica of Guadalupe collections are shown and evaluated as cultural objects that can be studied from many different angles. The importance of these pieces has meant that conservation and restoration are a major part of the Museum’s work, and have been since its creation. The Museum has maintained a close relationship with other museums within Mexico and abroad, and its works have been included in a number of major exhibitions.