Housed in a mansion built in 1911, Casa Lamm is a cultural center, art school, and gallery. The permanent collection includes works by such notable Mexican artists as landscape painter Abelardo López and sculptor Jorge Marín. Sign up for a same-day lecture or enroll in one of the semester-long classes, which run the gamut from pre-Hispanic art theory to salsa dancing. —Joy Hepp

Avenida Álvaro Obregón 99, 52/55-5511-0899, casalamm.com.mx. Photo by Omar Bárcena. This appeared in the May/June 2011 issue.