Memory and Tolerance Museum, Mexico City

Really glad we visited this museum which was only a few minutes walk from the Hilton Mexico City reforma and cost 125 pesos per adult which included an audio guide that was in English. Would highly recommend using the audio if can’t speak/read Spanish as none of the text is in English or translated. Thought provoking, an important reminder and also just very well done. Enjoyed the visit and would recommend going. Didn’t take loads of pictures as for us more about being present but plenty to see.

Visiting this museo is like a punch in the gut when you’re reminded that ‘never again’ has always been an empty promise. genocide-like activity continues into the present and foreign governments rarely risk significant amounts of their own people and political capital to stop genocides in faraway countries, and are always inclined to turn away refugees as culturally/economically undesirable. Nevertheless it’s important to have these places so people (especially young people) understand the circumstances that bring about these events so there can be hope to change this in the future. They have brought a railcar that carried Jewish people and rebuilt it inside the museum; standing in that was the most powerful moment for me personally