• Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

    Museo Jorge R. Acosta
    INAH
  • Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

    Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"
    INAH
  • Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

    Museo Jorge R. Acosta
    INAH
  • Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

    Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"
    INAH
  • Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

    Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"
    INAH

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Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

Aviso

Temporarily closed

Opening hours
Monday to Sunday from 10:00 to 15:00 h - Last entry 14:00 h
Fee
Aditional Fees
  • Included in the entrance to the Archeological Site of Tula
Adress

Tula-Iturbe Boulevard, Km 2
El Salitre neighborhood, Zip Code 42900
Tula de Allende, Hidalgo, Mexico

Access

From Mexico City, take federal highway 57 to Querétaro; then take the exit to the east (on the right) along the M4OD toll road (continuation of 15D coming from Guadalajara) towards San Martín Texmelucan to reach Tula de Allende. The archeological zone is in the Tula Park.

Services
Guided tours
Accessibility
Parking
Information module
Toilets
Important
  • Sundays free for mexican citizens
  • Free entrance for Mexicans under 13 years old
  • Free entrance for Mexican students and teachers
  • Free entrance for Mexican senior citizens
  • No smoking
  • No entry with food
  • Pets not allowed
  • No flash

Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

Museo "Jorge R. Acosta"

The archeologist Jorge A. Acosta (1904-1975), discovered the great Atlantes of Tula and other finds. The museum recreates the ancient Tollan Xicocotitlan: with sculpture, ceramics, stelae, offerings and gods (Quetzañcoatl, Tecatlipoca) and the vast population, inheritors of Teotihuacan.


Visitors can learn about the explorations—led by Mexican archeologist Jorge R. Acosta—carried out at this important site over a period of approximately 20 years. Opened in November 1982 in its new premises, the design of the single-story building provides a cultural and historical overview of the origin, development, and decline of the Toltecs and the remains of the city of Tollan Xicocotitlan ("place of the reeds near the place—or hill—of the wasps”), through five thematic sections in a U-shaped exhibition layout.

The first section offers a panorama of the city’s location, its extent, and main areas of influence, as well as the stone carving workshops. The second covers the principal ceramic collections discovered in the region, starting with a range of fine vessels from the phase known as the Coyotlatelco (perhaps meaning "where the land is impregnated with snakes"). The third area has displays of stone sculptures, with impressive artifacts including atlantes, pillars, Chac Mools, stelae, anthropomorphic and zoomorphic altar holders and flag holders, column plinths, headstones, crenels, bench moldings, offering cases and anthropomorphic and zoomorphic figures. The fourth area is focused on the gods and residential quarters that have been excavated. Finally, in the fifth section, we can appreciate various aspects related to the ceramic and stone carving workshops, with references also to the Aztec occupation discovered by Jorge R. Acosta when working on the Toltec ruins.


 

  • Jefe
    Raúl Guerrero Bustamante
    raul_guerrerobustamante@inah.gob.mx
    +52 (773) 100 36 54
Sala 1

Room 1

This room features three sculptures that were recovered from the outskirts of the Tula Archaeological Zone.

Sala 2

Room 2

This introductory room honors archaeologist Jorge R. Acosta, a pioneer in the study of Tula, while also acknowledging early explorers and writers who contributed to the site’s history. Antonio García Cubas was the first to describe the “ruins” of the city in 1873.

Sala 3

Room 3

On display are basalt sculptures and various ceramic vessels from Tula’s early urbanization phase. After the fall of Teotihuacan in the 7th century CE, Tula absorbed various peoples into a new cultural system.

Sala 4

Room 4

This room showcases sculptures, carved stones, and ceramics from Tula’s peak.

Sala 5

Room 5

This space explores the fusion of Toltec architecture, worldview, and religion. Objects used in religious and funerary ceremonies are exhibited, offering insight into sacred practices.

Sala 6

Room 6

Displayed here are architectural elements such as G-shaped battlements, carved from tuff stone and once covered in stucco. These battlements, shaped like cross-sections of conch shells with grooves, are interpreted as symbols of Venus and associated with the deity Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli.

Sala 7

Room 7

This room displays sculptures that tell the story of Tula’s decline. After the city was abandoned, it was looted and burned. This is represented by severed sculpted heads and fragmented Chac Mool figures, symbolizing the city’s violent end.

Sala 8

Room 8

This room presents long-distance trade goods. These include Fine Orange ceramics, obsidian from Pachuca (Hidalgo) and Ucareo (Michoacán), and turquoise likely sourced from what is now New Mexico.

Sala 9

Room 9

This room provides a visual comparison between Tula and Chichén Itzá’s architecture and sculpture. Visitors can see parallels between their main pyramids, sculpted processions of pumas and coyotes on temple facades, and hybrid reptile-human figures associated with the god Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli.

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The Museum of an Exceptional Site

Luis Manuel Gamboa Cabezas

Contacto

+52 (773) 100 36 54

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