Centro de Interpretacion Ruta Don Vasco
Centro de Interpretacion Ruta Don Vasco
Centro de Interpretacion Ruta Don Vasco
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William K
Patzcuaro, Mexico34 contributions
Mar 2018 • Couples
This museum offers a glimpse at the entire culture of the Purepecha including crafts, cooking and holograms showing copper working and guitar making. It is a must see for the visitor to Patzcuaro.
Written March 25, 2018
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ninaservin
Mexico City, Mexico17 contributions
Dec 2016 • Family
Even if this is not your first visit to Pátzcuaro and towns nearby. Visit this digital museum ,will give you an interesting guide with top quality HD videos and photographs. They have a 360 projection hall, they display videos on main festivities and places you should not miss.
I know this area and culture very well, and I must admit I am impressed. Don´t miss it¡
I know this area and culture very well, and I must admit I am impressed. Don´t miss it¡
Written January 4, 2017
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Mark M
Jalisco, Mexico259 contributions
May 2022
We were pleasantly surprised how much we learned here. The one person staffing it told us they require 4 people minimum to turn everything on. We were only 2, but agreed to pay for 4 people, 250 pesos. It is located in an old former Porfirio Diaz-era train station (1887), on a road parallel to a main industrial road, and is not terribly well signed, but Google Maps got us there.
There are many video explanations, in Spanish, some with English subtitles. Other displays had a choice of languages, including Purepecha! There was an overview of Don Vasco de Quiroga, who came to Mexico in 1531 at the age of 60-ish, sent by Charles V of Spain to rein in the excesses of Guzman, who enslaved the indigenous people. Don Vasco, who lived to 95, attempted to establish a society based on More's Utopia (1516), based on 3 tenets - health, education, and industry, and overlying all was Catholicism. He established hospitals, schools, and encouraged different pueblos to focus on a craft, like pottery, or shoes, or copper. That tradition lives on today in Michoacán.
Another video shows how different things are made, today as they were 500 years ago - copper, guitars, pottery. The copper "demonstration" is cool, with hologram workers (think Princess Leia's R2D2 display) heating and hammering copper. It all makes you appreciate how much effort and skill go into the things you find in the stalls along the road.
There are many video explanations, in Spanish, some with English subtitles. Other displays had a choice of languages, including Purepecha! There was an overview of Don Vasco de Quiroga, who came to Mexico in 1531 at the age of 60-ish, sent by Charles V of Spain to rein in the excesses of Guzman, who enslaved the indigenous people. Don Vasco, who lived to 95, attempted to establish a society based on More's Utopia (1516), based on 3 tenets - health, education, and industry, and overlying all was Catholicism. He established hospitals, schools, and encouraged different pueblos to focus on a craft, like pottery, or shoes, or copper. That tradition lives on today in Michoacán.
Another video shows how different things are made, today as they were 500 years ago - copper, guitars, pottery. The copper "demonstration" is cool, with hologram workers (think Princess Leia's R2D2 display) heating and hammering copper. It all makes you appreciate how much effort and skill go into the things you find in the stalls along the road.
Written May 9, 2022
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minerva b
Florida52 contributions
Nov 2016 • Friends
This cultural center is an impressive place, I've so much more appreciation about the P'urhépecha Culture. I have a better perspective of their history and the legacy of Don Vasco, who was a social reformer, and humanist educator. With him at their side, the Indians of this region were able to gather their strength, and expand their talents. Bravo to the Founders & Managers of this Museum for creating a quality place where one can learn history with joy! All their interactive exhibits are tops! You can even e-mail to yourself any article/exhibit. I e-mailed the food recipes!
Written November 20, 2016
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gilda-bebe
Houston, TX79 contributions
Aug 2016 • Couples
The focus of this museum is the dedication of Don Vasco de Quiroga to the Purepecha people. It tells the story of their culture with respect, and illustrates their foods, crafts, and work with innovative interactive exhibits.
Written August 8, 2016
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Patricia C
Albuquerque109 contributions
Apr 2016
I was absolutely impressed by que high quality of this museum. It gives a historic summary of the Ruta Don Vasco. You experience art, language, food, traditions and when you leave you know exactly what Michoacan is all about and were to visit.
Written May 2, 2016
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