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CULTURAL

SPACES

“Los Dos Laredos”

Archivo General de Municipio de Nuevo Laredo, Tamps. “Juan
E. Richer“(Historical Archive)
The old railway station was built in 1918 after it was torched
at the time of the revolution. After a restoration process the
building was authorized in 2003 to house the General Archive
of the Municipality. Here is located a room with a permanent
exhibition on the history of the railroad, a room with temporary
exhibitions and a documentary and bibliographical collection
for consultation.

Centro Cultural Nuevo Laredo (Convention Center)
Designed with contemporary style by the renowned architect
Eduardo Terrazas. It is the ideal place for all kinds of educational, Museo de Historia Natural
cultural and recreational activities, has exhibition halls and also
with 2 theaters within its facilities, the experimental theater
with a capacity for 300 people and the main theater where
high-level shows are presented as well as exhibitions, concerts
and dance recitals with a capacity of 1,200 people. This is
located at Km. 2.5 of Blvd. Luis Donaldo Colosio.
Museo de Historia Natural (Museum)
It has a permanent exhibition where you can make a
chronological tour of the natural history of the region, replicas
of fossils, flora, fauna and geography. Located within Cultural
Center.
Museo Reyes Meza (Museum)
Located within the premises of the Cultural Center it was
inaugurated on June 12, 2008. It is named in honor of the painter, Centro Cultural de Nuevo Laredo
muralist and designer Jose Reyes Meza. Its primary objective is
to offer exhibitions to promote the cultural development of the
community. Reyes Meza Museum has an Educational Services
Room, two Exhibition Halls and the Regional Gallery of Visual
Arts.
Parque Arqueológico UMAN (Park)
Located in the facilities of the Cultural Center, this park has
a collection of replicas of pre-Hispanic pieces that evoke the
great past of Mexico. In this archaeological tour you can see the
remnants of the earliest civilizations of the pre-Hispanic period
with colossal sculptures of gods and idols of Mesoamerican
cultures.

Museo Reyes Meza
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