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The Photography Archive Museum is a museum dedicated to the conservation, research and dissemination of photography. It is located in the Historic Center of Mexico City on República de Guatemala street number 34, corner with Templo Mayor, the property where it is located is known as "La casa de las Ajaracas" and was built at the end of the 16th century.

The museum was inaugurated in 2005 as the Archive and Museum of Photography.

History
The building museum's was built during the end of the 16th century and is also known as “La casa del mayorazgo Nava Chávez”, which consisted of three stores and four houses. This building was built in several stages:


 * First stage: it is said that it was modified by Canon Pedro de Nava to let it out for rent and also inhabit it. In addition, during the seventeenth century certain accessories were adapted to the street.
 * Second stage: at the beginning of the 18th century, due to noticeable deterioration, improvement during the year 1707 the improvement of the street that converged with Calle del Reloj, currently known as "República de Argentina", began. All this was planned mainly by the architect Pedro de Arrieta.
 * Third stage: the same happened between the years 1755 and 1756 . All the changes made at this time are those that currently remain.

Location
The location of the museum is of great importance in Mexico City, as it is located next to the Templo Mayor, the National Palace - Government Palace and the Metropolitan Cathedral.



Collections
This museum preserves more than 100 years in images, which show the changes suffered by the Mexican capital in terms of public services and infrastructure to improve the appearance of the City.

This collection has approximately 2 million photographs that give certainty and communicate the progress in the works both of paving, construction of monuments and buildings, gardens, parks, festivities and various social events carried out either by the City Council, the Federal Government and Government of Mexico City.

This file arose from the need to preserve the past of Mexico through this medium, which became an official support document from the beginning. At the beginning he was protected for several decades by the General Directorate of Social Communication.