The Museum of Light is located in the “Colegio Chico” portion of the former San Ildefonso College.

This church building was renovated in the mid 1990s for the purpose of the museum after being abandoned for twenty years prior.

The building was closed in February of that year, and the Museo de las Constitutiones was opened in 2011.

One proposal was to merge it into the Universum facility, but this was rejected due to fears that the museum would disappear completely.

Instead, in late 2010, the decision was made to move the museum to another building in the historic center of Mexico City also owned by UNAM, the San Ildefonso College.