Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Alfredo Zalce

Named for Alfredo Zalce, the Michoacán-born muralist whose work also covers the stairwell of the state's Palacio de Gobierno, this museum sits beside the Aqueduct of Morelia and holds a permanent collection of Zalce's own paintings, prints and drawings alongside rotating exhibitions of modern and contemporary Mexican art in painting, printmaking and photography. Zalce trained within the politically engaged printmaking and muralist movements that flourished in Mexico from the 1920s through the mid-20th century, and the museum's permanent holdings trace his development across these media, offering a more intimate, gallery-scale complement to the large-scale public murals he produced elsewhere in the city. Beyond the Zalce collection, the museum's temporary exhibition program is oriented toward contemporary Mexican artists working in a range of media, positioning the institution as Morelia's primary venue for current art practice rather than historical or colonial-era collections, a distinct role from the Museo Regional Michoacano or the mural-focused Palacio Clavijero elsewhere in the city. The building itself is a purpose-adapted gallery space rather than a repurposed colonial structure, giving it more conventional modern museum infrastructure, including controlled lighting and larger open gallery floors suited to contemporary works. Its location along the aqueduct places it slightly outside the dense historic centre, making it a natural stop when walking or driving the length of the aqueduct's calzada. Conservation and rotation of the collection follow standard contemporary art museum practice, with the permanent Zalce galleries remaining relatively stable while temporary exhibition spaces change several times a year.