Museo Pedro Coronel

The Museo Pedro Coronel (in Spanish: Pedro Coronel Museum) is a Mexican art museum situated in the city of Zacatecas.

It was founded in 1983 and is devoted to the exhibition of the collection donated by the Zacatecan painter that comprises art of distinct periods and countries.

[1][2] Around the middle of the 18th century was remodelled, and after 1776 Expulsion of the Jesuits was given to the dominicos.

[1] In the 19th century, it was used as a hospital, barracks and prison, uses that continued until the 1960s.

In 1983 the painter Pedro Coronel donated his artistic collection and accepted that it was exhibited to the public in this venue, opened with his current name on 8 May 1983.