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Museo del Chopo Prepares 50th-Anniversary Retrospective and Expanded Program

Restorations timed for the August 21 opening underscore the museum’s renewed archival focus through renamed galleries, concerts, children's programs, film collaborations, upcoming exhibitions, commemorative publications,

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El Museo del Chopo ofrecerá 21 de agosto al 7 de diciembre un programa de actividades para todo público.
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Overview

  • The retrospective “Era un árbol que se convirtió en un bosque. 50 años del Museo Universitario del Chopo” opens August 21 and runs through December 7, presenting around 480 archival objects in a collective, nonchronological survey.
  • Restoration work on doors, historic lettering and vitrería is finished for the program launch, with new furniture and signage designed by UNAM students set to follow.
  • The museum has renamed six galleries to honor key contributors—including Ángel Escobar, Arnold Belkin, Juan José Gurrola, Elena Urrutia, Jorge Pantoja and José María Covarrubias—and recognized long-serving worker Enrique Espinoza Cabañas.
  • The anniversary program features the children's initiative Agentxs Chopo, an Astrid Hadad concert, a collaboration with Macabro: Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror and launches the Marta Palau exhibition “Quetzalcoatlus” in November.
  • Recent attendance figures record 101,170 visitors between January 2024 and January 2025 and approximately 66,692 between January and mid-August 2025, reflecting sustained community engagement.