Dolores Olmedo Patiño Museum

Place: Mexico City

Biography:

The Museo Dolores Olmedo, also known as the Dolores Olmedo Patiño Museum, is an art museum located in Xochimilco, Mexico City. It was established in 1994 by the Mexican businesswoman Dolores Olmedo Patiño, who donated her entire collection of art to the museum. The museum hosts the greatest collection of Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera, and Angelina Beloff artworks, as well as pre-Hispanic, colonial, folk, modern, and contemporary art. Upon Olmedo's death in 2002, she left funds for taking care of her museum, which is now open to the public.