Editing Guadalajara (section)

=== Museums ===

[[File:Fachada del Museo Regional de Guadalajara, Jal., Méx. 01 (cropped).JPG|thumb|Guadalajara Regional Museum]]

The museums in Guadalajara are an extension of the cultural infrastructure of this city. Many of them stand out for their architectural and historical significance. There are more than 189 forums of art exhibition among cultural centers, museums, private galleries, and cultural spaces of the town hall, several of them with centuries of existence and some others in the process of being built. The museums in Guadalajara belong to the cultural framework of the city, among which are in all its genres exhibiting history, paleontology, archeology, ethnography, paintings, crafts, plastic, photography, sculpture, works of circuits international art, etc.

Guadalajara has twenty two museums, which include the Regional Museum of Jalisco, the Wax Museum, the Trompo Mágico children's museum and the Museum of Anthropology.<ref name="museos">{{cite web |url= http://visita.jalisco.gob.mx/espanol/productos-turisticos/museos-galerias.html |title= Museos |publisher=Government of Jalisco |location=Jalisco, Mexico |language=es |trans-title=Museums |access-date=January 27, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080429203418/http://visita.jalisco.gob.mx/espanol/productos-turisticos/museos-galerias.html |archive-date = April 29, 2008}}</ref> The [[Former Hospice Cabañas]] in the historic center is a [[World Heritage Site]].<ref name="WHS">{{cite web |url= http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/815 |title= Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara |publisher= United Nations |access-date= January 27, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120405042519/http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/815 |archive-date= April 5, 2012 |url-status= live }}</ref> For these attributes and others, the city was named an [[American Capital of Culture]] in 2005.<ref name="capital">{{cite web |url=http://www.cac-acc.org/capitales.php?pageNum_rs_capital=2&totalRows_rs_capital=10 |title=Las Capitales Americanas de la Cultura |language=es |trans-title=The American Capitals of Culture |access-date=January 27, 2010 |archive-date=22 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722140327/http://www.cac-acc.org/capitales.php?pageNum_rs_capital=2&totalRows_rs_capital=10 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Guadalajara and the surrounding metropolitan area have numerous public, private, and digital libraries for the search and consultation of information. The promotion of culture and the enrichment of reading have made it easier for the citizen to require several facilities in the city. Some of the libraries also have a physical enclosure—among them the historic Octavio Paz Ibero-American Library of the University of Guadalajara and the Public Library of the State of Jalisco located in the adjoining city of [[Zapopan]]—with options for querying digital information over the Internet.

The Jalisco Regional Museum (formerly the seminary of San José) was built at the beginning of the 18th century to be the Seminario Conciliar de San José. From 1861 to 1914, it housed a school called Liceo de Varones. In 1918, it became the Museum of Fine Arts. In 1976, it was completely remodeled for its present use. The museum displays its permanent collection in 16 halls, 15 of which are dedicated to Paleontology, Pre-History, and Archeology. One of the prized exhibits is a complete mammoth skeleton. The other two halls are dedicated to painting and history. The painting collection includes works by Juan Correa, Cristóbal de Villalpando and José de Ibarra.<ref name="encmuc"/><ref name="finsemana"/>