As part of its commitment with education and comprehensive development of people in every community, Carlos Slim Foundation shares 30 centuries of art and history with the public, to foster the taste for these disciplines. Dialogues between Mexico and countries from other latitudes, as well as the vocation of disseminating collections among different audiences include the responsibility of preserving and researching artistic testimonies through itinerant exhibitions, workshops, guided tours and interactive programs, as well as the use of new technologies: RA Infinitum and digitization of cultural heritage to exchange free knowledge.

The museum opened on December 8, 1994 at Plaza Loreto. Soumaya Museum traced a cultural axis in March 2011, with the inauguration of a building that represents an engineering challenge, at Plaza Carso and the inauguration of Guillermo Tovar de Teresa House in 2018, at Mexico City. These spaces welcome the gathering of different audiences, leading to reflection and dialogue within the Latin American landscape, through commitment and social action. The venues open 365 days, for free, every year.

Among the outstanding activities of the Museum, we can mention:

• New art pieces at Soumaya Museum in Plaza Carso: Pieta and David by Michelangelo Buonarroti, versions in Carrara’s marble sculptured in Florence at 1:1 scale.
• Renovation of the exhibition rooms at Plaza Loreto and Plaza Carso.
• Using art to take care of people with physical, intellectual and phsycoemotional disabilities.
• Development of an online catalogue and digital strategies to reach larger audiences.
• Digitization, preservation and free consultation of heritage collections: Raquel Tibol, Gutierre Tibón and Gibran Kahlil Gibran.
• Itinerant exhibitions in Mexico, some of them carried out in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture.
• Intercultural linkages with other institutions; some of the most outstanding are: Rodin Museum in Paris, France; National British Museum of Modern Art in London, UK; National Museum of Modern Art in Kyoto, Japan. In USA: Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D.C.

The goal of this center is to buy, preserve, classify and disseminate books and archives on Mexico’s history, from vice royal times until today. The Center’s archive has a broad variety of documents. The collection includes documents of universal interest, such as Cristobal Columbus’ Ordinance from 1439; the page, signed by the Catholic King and Queen in 1491 at Valladolid, is considered a unique document in the Americas. The heritage is available to elementary, middle and higher education school teachers, people doing their thesis, researchers and public in general, outstanding eight digitized collections, including Cordoba Treaties and Plan de Ayala documents; as well as the Vice royal archives, documents of the Second Mexican Empire by Ives Limantour and the Revolution. There are six specialized libraries, such as the library specialized in Porfirio Días, and the Funds of Ernesto de la Peña and Gutiérrez Tibón. Besides offering free online consultation at the digitized funds, cultural activities such as in-person and online courses are provided, as well as book presentations, courses, colloquia, congresses and seminars.

This Project was conducted in collaboration with UNESCO in order to develop a tool for the preservation of rock-painting art cultural wealth and to monitor the preservation conditions of rupestrian art sites.

This is an agreement for the creation of a fund to help restoring Mexico City’s historic center, through a comprehensive program seeking to preserve historic buildings, manage sustainable tourism and educate visitors.

This portal promotes knowledge about Mexican history, traditions, music, literature, cinema and every-day life, through different multimedia contents.