Frida Kahlo's Teaching Contract

Process for making a common bread

During the eighteenth century in New Spain different types of bread, varying in terms of its preparation, composition and weight.

Benito Juárez's meal two days before his death.

A manuscript with the handwriting of President Juárez reveals the food he consumed two days before his death.

Map of Luzon, Philippines Following A Volcano Eruption

Expenses and kitchen notes of the Lord's house President of the Republic Don Benito Juárez

Inside the house of President Benito Juárez: an "inventory" of the ingredients that made up the dishes consumed by the Benito Juárez and his family.

MÉXICO 68: LA OLIMPIADA CULTURAL O EL ESTADO DEL ARTE

El AGN resguardada, desde 1970, el Archivo del Comité Organizador de los Juegos Olímpicos, donado por el Estado mexicano; del cual se muestran valiosos expedientes.

Emiliano Zapata: A Symbol of Struggle

Learn how cooking recipes gave national identity to Mexican cuisine

The publication of the first recipes in Mexico emerged in 1831, starting with them a new publishing genre not only in the country but throughout Latin America.

Genealogía de Diego de Mendoza Austria Moctezuma

Beyond the Games: The Art of the 1968 Mexico Olympics

A journey through sculptures that celebrate international unity and artistic innovation

Mexico City's Olympic Art Route

Discover the artistic legacy of the Mexico City Olympics through the "Route of Friendship"

Coat of Arms of The Cities Tzintzuntzan, Pátzcuaro, and Guayangareo

La crónica de Michoacán: evangelización indígena

Realists vs Insurgents Cartoon

Marriage Certificate of Francisco Ignacio Madero and Sara Pérez

Tzintzuntzan, Pátzcuaro y poblaciones alrededor de la laguna

Este mapa es parte de la colección de 300 que están inscritos en el registro de Memoria del Mundo, pertenecientes al Archivo General de la Nación, México.

Army Uniform Designs

José Revueltas: His Journey As An Arts Teacher

Archivo General de la Nación

Enjoy this virtual tour of the historic building of the former Lecumberri Penitentiary and of the laboratories and stockpiles where the documentary memory of Mexico is protected.

Cédula Real sobre la fundación de la Real Universidad de México

The First Railway in Mexico

Mapa de la Intendencia de Veracruz

A Background Look at the Birth of the States of the Mexican Republic

Before the consolidation of the Mexican territory as a Federal Republic, the Consummation of Independence and the coronation of Augustine I as Emperor of the First Empire were important factors that influenced the creation of the state.

Program of the Liberal Mexican Party and National Manifesto

Collection of Varios Poems of the Vice-Regal Period

The Conditions and Treaty of Ciudad Juarez

The Torment and Death of the Prisoners who Attempted To Murder The King of Portugal

Map of the Zacatecas Intendancy

Himno Nacional Mexicano

The General Archive of the Nation preserves the original score, endorsed by the three powers of the Union, of the National Anthem, this document establishes how it should be interpreted by all Mexicans.

Ayutla Plan

On March 1, 1854, the Ayutla Plan was promulgated, which contains the ideological foundations that gave meaning to the armed uprising that ended the government of Antonio López de Santa Anna and convened the Constituent Congress that formulated the Constitution of 1857.

Map of the Fort and Missions of San Antonio

A Collection Of Love Letters

From suffrage to equity. 65 years of the vote of women in Mexico

In the elections of July 3, 1955, Mexican women went to the polls for the first time to cast their vote, to elect the federal deputies of the XLIII Legislature.

Epidemic Archives: Typhoid

Learn about the memory of epidemics and pandemics in national history through the documents that protect the State Archives, Private and National Institutions

Frida Kahlo Calderón

The Mexican National Archives remembers the artist with a series of images from different stages of her life.

Map of The Drainage System of Mexico's Valley

Memoria de la Grana Cochinilla

Descubre a través del estudio realizado por José Antonio de Alzate el proceso de cultivo y el beneficio de la grana cochinilla.

Frida Kahlo's Teaching Practice

Documents kept at the Mexican National Archives explore the artist's role as a teacher educating a new generation of artists.

Unfinished project of the Legislative Palace

The metal structure of the dome that makes up what is currently the majestic Monument to the Revolution keeps in its memory the vestiges of what was thought to be the Hall of the "Lost Steps" of the unfinished project of the Legislative Palace.

Ídolos del Templo de Huitzilopochtli

Esta imagen que hace referencia a los Ídolos del templo de Huitzilopochtli pertenece al juicio inquisitorial llevado a cabo en 1539, por el obispo fray Juan de Zumarraga hacía Miguel Tlaylotla, quien era acusado por idolatría.

Vasco de Quiroga. The first bishop of Michoacán

The arrival of Vasco de Quiroga to Michoacán transformed the treatment that had been given to the indigenous population, reforming the concentration of the Indians in towns, which coincided with the interests of the Spanish Crown; and on the other, evangelization with peaceful means.

The Original Patent For Color Television Explained

Portrait of Benito Juarez: The Restorer of The Republic and Worthy of The Americas

Within the vast history of Mexico are characters who have marked a predominant legacy, without a doubt the figure of Don Benito Juárez Garcia is one of the most important.

The Prison Report Of The Day A Former President Visited The Great Muralist Siqueiros

Planos del proyecto de las nuevas oficinas de la Real Casa de Moneda

CENTENARY IMAGES ON THE COVER

La Penitenciaría del Distrito Federal

Conoce la historia del legendario Palacio de Lecumberri que hoy alberga al Archivo General de la Nación.

The Chronicle Of The Events of the Three Cultures Square

Mexico City in the first half of the 20th century

Archivo General de la Nación takes you on a historical journey through life in the Mexican capital.

The foundations of the press in Mexico

The Ignacio Cubas Newspaper Library of the General Archive of the Nation was inaugurated in 1977, being the second largest in the country, only behind the National Newspaper Library of the UNAM. Within its collection there are the most representative newspapers in the history.

From the Plan of Iguala to the Homeland Labar

The history of the National Flag is related to the process of the Consummation of the Independence of Mexico, which began with the direct alliance between the insurgent forces commanded by Vicente Guerrero and the royalist general Agustín de Iturbide.

Rosario Ibarra de Piedra. A campaign for human rights and democracy

Rosario Ibarra de Piedra was one of the first women to promote and act for the defense of human rights, fight for truth, justice and democracy in Mexico.

The children of war. A look at the memory

Learn through this tour the stories of the Spanish children who were received and protected in Mexico.

Humor, protesta y la inconformidad del pueblo. La caricatura política en México

Te invitamos a conocer a través del acervo hemerográfico del AGN cómo la caricatura se convirtió en el principal recurso crítico político en México

The Cruz Roja Mexicana from its values

The Cruz Roja Mexicana has been a humanitarian institution of private, non-profit, social interest and voluntary assistance that for more than one hundred years has provided aid to the population that is in a situation of risk or disaster.

Transformations, groups and feminist mobilization in the Mexico of the 70s

Review with us the transformations in the feminist movement in Mexico that gave rise to a new wave of groups and struggles during the 1970s.

The publishing house Vanegas Arroyo

Get to know the work of one of the essential figures in the history of Mexican printing: Antonio Vanegas Arroyo.

The skin as support: tattoo documents

The AGN and The Tattoo Artist's House show you the files that help us document the history of the tattoo.

Smallpox, inoculation and vaccination in New Spain

Smallpox was a disease that struck humanity over the centuries until its virtual eradication in the world in 1980, after intense vaccination campaigns.

MOVIMIENTO ESTUDIANTIL DE 1968. ECOS VIVIENTES (Parte 1)

Archives of the Epidemic in Mexico

Learn about the memory of epidemics and pandemics in national history through the documents that the State Archives, Private and National Institutions safeguard.

The Seventh Art In Paper

The Technical Process to Preserve an Archive

Do you know how the archives are preserved? We show you the process!

The feminine legacy in the society of the first half of the twentieth century

Get to know a sample of outstanding women in the arts and science during the first half of the twentieth century through the documentary collection Artistic and Literary Property (PAL).

Tomás Garrido Canabal: a life dedicated to the Mexican southeast

It traces the political career of Tomás Garrido Canabal through his private archive.

Political asylees in Mexico through memory

Within the documentation that protects the AGN is the testimony of the events and characters that arrived in Mexico, the country in which they found a new opportunity.

200 years of a public and general archive for the nation

On August 23, 1823, the General and Public Archive of the Nation (AGPN) was created, currently the General Archive of the Nation, the leading institution in archival matters in Mexico.

Exponentes de la música mexicana en la primera mitad del siglo XX

Dentro del fondo documental Propiedad Artística y Literaria del AGN se resguarda el registro intelectual de los grandes compositores mexicanos de inicios del siglo XX.

Pancho Villa's revolution

The life and death of a revolutionary like Francisco Villa is covered through documentary graphics, a testimony of moments that marked the legend of a figure.

Ricardo Flores Magón: organizing the revolution under censorship and espionage

Through this documentary series, he traces the siege and persecution by the authorities towards the revolutionary movement led by Ricardo Flores Magón.