The first time we visited the Frida Kahlo Museum, back in 2021, We were lucky(ish). People were just starting to get back into traveling post-Covid, and Mexico City didn’t have quite the influx of visitors it has today.
The good news: We could book tickets to the Frida Kahlo Museum just a couple of days in advance.
The not-so-good news: We had to walk through the museum single-file, six feet behind the person in front of us, effectively making our way through the museum at the pace of the slowest person in line.
Luckily, today you can see the museum at your own pace. But you need to make sure you buy your tickets in advance.
🎨 Who was Frida Kahlo?
Kahlo was a Mexican artist born in 1907. After a streetcar accident left her seriously injured in 1925, her parents gave her art supplies and a special easel so she could paint in bed while she recovered. She painted her first self-portrait in 1926, and her career as an artist began.
Kahlo lived with her husband, famous Mexican artist and muralist Diego Rivera, in Casa Azul, and she created a lot of her art within its walls.
Her reputation grew over time, and she became even more famous after her death in 1954.
The museum’s website highlights key moments in Kahlo’s life and work.
You might also want to watch the acclaimed 2002 movie Frida, which starred Salma Hayek as Kahlo.
🖼️ What do you see at the museum?
The exterior of the museum is painted a stunning blue—you’ll probably recognize it from photos. That’s where you’ll line up in front of it at your scheduled entrance time.
Kahlo and Rivera intended the home to become a museum after her death, and Casa Azul opened in 1958. Once you get inside, you’ll see:
Personal items, photos, books, documents, and furnishings, including the bed where Kahlo started painting while recovering from her accident
Paintings by Kahlo and Rivera
Folk art and sculptures that Kahlo placed around the home
The courtyard garden
🎟️ How do you get tickets?
The official website offers tickets for about six weeks out, and you can probably find some available within a month or so.
The museum is:
Closed Mondays
Open 11 am to 6 pm Wednesdays
Open 10 am to 6 pm the rest of the week
Open until 9 pm on the last Wednesday of every month
You book a ticket for a timed entrance, with options every 15 minutes. Be sure to show up a few minutes before your scheduled entrance time.
Tip: On the official website, you can buy tickets to just the museum, or a combo 3-hour tour that includes both the Diego Rivera Anahuacalli Museum and the Frida Kahlo Museum. If you can’t get tickets to the museum alone on the day you want, you can see if the combo tour is available.
If you can’t find tickets, you can check online tour groups. We’re not adding any specific links here, because some of these sites just buy tickets and sell them at around double the price without adding any value. But you can find them under “tickets” on the museum’s Google Maps page.
⏲️ When is the best time to go?
Since tickets typically sell out, you’re not likely to find a time when the museum is truly quiet. Crowds are lightest when the museum first opens.
If you want to spend a day exploring Mexico City’s Coyoacán neighborhood beyond the museum—and you should—we recommend booking your tickets in the mid or late afternoon.
That way, you have the cooler, drier morning free to see the area and have lunch, and you don’t have to worry about getting stuck in traffic and missing your museum entrance time.
Some of our other articles can help you plan your day:
Another option, if you’re trying to pack as much into your Mexico City trip as possible: See the museum when it opens, spend a few hours in Coyoacán, then head down to Xochimilco for a late-afternoon trajinera ride.
📷 More Frida in Mexico City
If Casa Azul wasn’t enough for you, a 6-minute walk away, you’ll find Museo Casa Kahlo, a Kahlo-family home that opened as a museum in 2025.
You should be able to find same-day or next-day tickets available on the museum’s website, or you can buy them at the door.
We also like: Museo Casa Estudio Diego Rivera y Frida Kahlo. This underrated gem in the San Ángel neighborhood contains lots of artwork and personal items from Kahlo and Rivera, housed in their former studio space.
Buy your tickets at the entrance. You can’t buy them online. We’ve been several times and never had any trouble getting in right away.