Visit the Recently Remodeled National Copper Museum
The National Copper Museum in the "Pueblo Mágico", Santa
Clara del Cobre, is an excellent place to enjoy Mexican Folk Art, and
appreciate the handiwork of its artisans.
We at Hotel Mansión Iturbe recommend to all our guests that they take the time to visit Santa Clara del Cobre, which is just 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Pátzcuaro (thanks to recently widened Highway 120-Opopeo).
Before you start strolling the streets of Santa Clara del Cobre, it’s good to go to the Museum first; it houses a great cross section of the copper products to look for when you go shopping outside. In the Museum, there are also demonstrations of various techniques used in creating copperworks.
The recently remodeled Museum contains the show area, an audiovisual room, and a store. In the patio in back of the Museum is a typical forge, where the copper is heated prior to treated and pounded and molded.
Museum personnel are very friendly, and more than happy and willing to discuss ancestral copperworki…
We at Hotel Mansión Iturbe recommend to all our guests that they take the time to visit Santa Clara del Cobre, which is just 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Pátzcuaro (thanks to recently widened Highway 120-Opopeo).
Before you start strolling the streets of Santa Clara del Cobre, it’s good to go to the Museum first; it houses a great cross section of the copper products to look for when you go shopping outside. In the Museum, there are also demonstrations of various techniques used in creating copperworks.
The recently remodeled Museum contains the show area, an audiovisual room, and a store. In the patio in back of the Museum is a typical forge, where the copper is heated prior to treated and pounded and molded.
Museum personnel are very friendly, and more than happy and willing to discuss ancestral copperworki…