- CATEGORY: Museums
- PHONES: (656) 612 4707, 612 2964
The former customs office of Ciudad Juárez was built between 1885 and 1888. It was inaugurated on September 10th, 1889 with the presence of the personal representative of Porfirio Díaz, Colonel Miguel Ahumada, and the Governor Lauro Carrillo. Here took place the conference between the presidents of Mexico and United States: Porfirio Díaz and William H. Taft, on 1909. On 1911 were signed the Peace Treaties of Ciudad Juárez, which marked the end of the armed conflict of Madero. He installed in this precinct his temporary office as Mexico’s provisional President.
It was inaugurated as History Museum Former Customs Office of Ciudad Juárez, on July 1990. In the remodeling of this museum and its conditioning foe the new project of the museum, hundreds of inhabitants of Juárez gave documents, clothes, and weapons of the time. The museology is based on nine axis: The Mexican nationalism in the border, The Organizing board of the Mexican Liberal Party and the transition to anarchism, Madero’s triumph in Ciudad Juárez, The radicalization in the struggle, Pancho Villa, The revolution of the glance, The border as scenario, Imaginaries, and the Border customs office.
Antrop. Liliana Fuentes Valles
Tel. (656) 612 4707, 612 2964
comunicacion@muref.org