The Museo Leonora Carrington is a museum with venues in the San Luis Potosí City and Xilitla, state of San Luis Potosí, México;[1] dedicated to the surrealist artist Leonora Carrington, the Museo Leonora Carrington San Luis Potosí opened 22 March 2018, with Juan Manuel Carreras as governor of the state.

[4][5] The collection was donated by Pablo Weisz Carrington, son of the artist, for the creation of the museum.

[8] In October 2024 it was announced by the university that this would not happen, and that the house would instead become a "documentation centre" for "teaching and research".

The complex was built in the 19th century to serve as a prison,[10] it was designed as a panopticon, the control system originally proposed by the English philosopher Jeremy Bentham, whereby a group of buildings is guarded from a central tower.

[11] On 19 October 2018[12] the Museo Leonora Carrington Xilitla opened in the Xilitla pueblo mágico with sculptures, lithographs and other pieces by the artist,[13] the museum has three permanent exhibition rooms and one temporary exhibition room spread over 814 m2,[14] the museum offers educational and cultural services.