Frida Kahlo Museum

The Frida Kahlo Museum is one of the most important and recognized tourist sites in Mexico City.

The important thing about the blue house, and what makes this place famous, is that it was the home of the renowned painter Frida Kahlo.

If you are interested in visiting this place, in this guide you will find everything you need to know: Prices, Hours, How to Get There and, most importantly, how to get the most out of your visit.

Let’s get started!

Frida Kahlo Museum Prices

Let’s talk about the cost of tickets to Frida Kahlo’s blue house and the different ways to visit this tourist attraction.

Let’s be honest, getting tickets to the museum has been made very difficult by Frida Kahlo’s transformation from painter to feminist symbol. Even so, here are the different ways and costs to visit this place.

Price Frida Kahlo Museum Tickets

WARNING! Frida Kahlo’s House tickets are limited !

Only a limited number of people are accepted per day. In other words, access tickets are easily sold out!

Frida Kahlo Museum tickets on weekdays

• Price for Foreigners: $ 250.00 pesos
• Price for Nationals: $ 110.00 pesos

Frida Kahlo Museum tickets on weekends

• Price for Foreigners: $ 270.00 pesos
• Price for Nationals: $ 130.00 pesos

* Tickets for the Frida Khalo Museum are subject to availability.

If this is your first time in Mexico City we recommend this tour: Frida Khalo + Coyoacan + Xochimilco. With this tour you secure your access to the Frida Khalo museum and take the opportunity to visit 2 other tourist sites in the same day.

Other Frida Kahlo Museum Fees

• Videoguide rental: $90.00 pesos
• Rental of video guide for student: $50.00 pesos
• Permission to take photographs without flash: $30.00 pesos
• Guided tours in Spanish: $600.00 pesos (Does not include the cost of access to the museum).
• Guided tours in English: $700.00 pesos (Does not include the cost of access to the museum).

The Frida Khalo + Coyoacan + Xochimilco tour includes the guide and the access to the museum in the price.

If you want to visit frida kahlo’s house on your own

First, you will have to go to the box office and buy your tickets for another day (minimum 3 days from now, do not expect to get them overnight because it is really difficult).

Second, remember that guided tours and in-house guides cost extra so it is advisable to research the information on your own, otherwise, it will end up being more expensive to hire a guide than to take a tour.

Here are some costs to consider if you do it on your own:

• Transportation to go to the ticket office to buy tickets for another day
• Return transportation
• Cost of the Frida Kahlo Museum
• Transportation for the day of your visit
• Costs you might face inside the museum such as: food, photography, guide, etc.
• Transportation back from the museum.

Frida Kahlo Museum Hours

The opening hours of the Casa Frida Kahlo are basically from Tuesday to Sunday, to be more specific, here they are:

• Tuesdays: 10:00 am – 17:30 pm
• Wednesday 11:00 am – 17:30 pm
• Thursday to Sunday : 10:00 am – 17:30 pm

It is important for you to know that the Frida Kahlo Museum in Mexico is closed every Monday of the year and on the following holidays

• January 01
• March 21
• May 1
• September 15 (special opening hours 10:00 – 14:00 h.)
• September 16
• December 1
• December 13
• December 25th

How to get to the Frida Kahlo Museum

By public transportation

The closest metro station to the museum is Metro Coyoacán. From there you could walk, the only thing you have to do is to cross Av. Río Churubusco and continue straight on Av. Mexico, which is the continuity of Av. Coyoacán. You’ll pass through Brussels, Madrid, Vienna, Berlin and into London.

You walk through London until you come across the famous blue house and that’s it. The walking tour takes approximately 20 minutes.

If you want to use the fishermen’s boats or trucks, you must take one that passes through Av. Mexico. You can take those that say Calzada Tlalpan but I suggest you ask the driver before getting on.

Where is the Frida Kahlo blue house museum? Londres 247, Colonia Del Carmen, Delegación Coyoacán, C.P. 04100, Mexico City, Mexico.

What’s in the Frida Kahlo Museum

The house was quickly converted into a museum after Frida’s death and the efforts they have made to preserve it are quite important so you can appreciate much of the relationship Frida had with her house and her works.

In the rooms of the house you can see several of Frida Kahlo’s and Diego Rivera’s works.

One of the most interesting attractions of the blue house is the day bed and the night bed that Frida used to continue painting after a terrible accident in which she broke her spine.

In fact, several of his works are inspired by the pain and suffering he experienced during the reconstructive process he went through.

During the tour you can appreciate the use that Frida Kahlo gave to each space of the house and the importance it had for her.

Who was Frida Kahlo Read this before visiting the blue house!

The full name of this Mexican character is actually Magdalena Carmen Frida Kahlo Calderon . She was a painter who had the misfortune of suffering from poliomyelitis and was the victim of a devastating accident for which she had to undergo 32 surgeries. The accident occurred when the bus in which she was riding was hit by a streetcar. Imagine the severity of the accident that left Frida with a spine fractured in three places, 2 broken ribs and a broken collarbone, three fractures in the pelvic bone, a leg that was left in 11 places, a dislocated foot and as if that were not enough, a handrail went through her left hip and out through her vagina.

It is so impressive to read how serious the accident is that the first thing that comes to mind is that it is the closest thing to the creation of Frankenstein’s monster. The fact that he was saved was undoubtedly a miracle.

It was after this accident that her career as a painter began and, like all good artists, it was only after she died that her works became popular and famous.

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