Museum of the Mexican Revolution

The Museum of the Mexican Revolution, in Puebla

The Museum of the Mexican Revolution occupies the house of the Serdán family, where the first uprising of the Revolution broke out. The Puebla audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this high place of the history of Mexico, a witness of the founding events of 1910.

The house where the Revolution began

The Museum of the Mexican Revolution is installed in the house of the Serdán family, a highly symbolic place of the history of Mexico. It is here, in Puebla, that took place in 1910 one of the very first episodes of the Mexican Revolution, this great uprising that would upset the country and put an end to a long dictatorship. The brothers Aquiles, Máximo and Carmen Serdán, militants committed against the regime in place, had made of their residence a centre of the conspiracy and a depot of weapons. When the authorities came to arrest them, the family and its companions resisted with weapons in hand, in an unequal confrontation that ended in their death, making them the first martyrs of the Revolution. This tragic episode preceded by a few days the general triggering of the movement. The house, kept with its bullet impacts, today shelters a museum that retraces these events and the history of the Revolution. A major place of memory, the Museum of the Mexican Revolution is discovered with respect. It is an important stop of the discovery of Puebla.

What to see

Here you discover, with respect, the house of the Serdán family, where took place in 1910 one of the very first episodes of the Mexican Revolution: the Serdán brothers resisted there with weapons in hand the authorities come to arrest them, becoming the first martyrs of the movement; kept with its bullet impacts, it today shelters a museum retracing these events. The Museum of the Mexican Revolution is a place of memory of Puebla. It is an important stop to be discovered with respect.

Practical information

The Museum of the Mexican Revolution lies in the heart of the historic centre of Puebla, in the house of the Serdán family, reachable on foot. The visit follows its own hours and conditions, which vary. It is best to check them before coming.

Why is the Museum of the Mexican Revolution of Puebla important?

Because it occupies the house of the Serdán family, where took place in 1910 one of the very first episodes of the Mexican Revolution: the Serdán brothers resisted there with weapons in hand the authorities, becoming the first martyrs of the movement; kept with its bullet impacts, it today retraces these events.

Where is the Museum of the Mexican Revolution in Puebla?

In the heart of the historic centre of Puebla, in the house of the Serdán family, in Mexico.