In 1981, when Guanajuato was just becoming the tourist attraction it is known as today, the engineer Augusto Videgaray wanted to spread the word about the city’s ghost stories and paranormal events. Putting his mechanical knowledge to work, he bought some of the dolls, which he adapted to give them movement.
The museum grew larger, encompassing five different rooms.
The first room contains models of the city, leading from the alleys to the underground streets and to hell.
The second room is a reproduction of the Alley of the Kiss, where that tale of doomed romance is told with the help of wax figures.
The third room is a visit to the Santa Paula Cemetery. There, you descend into the earth to see, through optical illusions, how a corpse transforms into a mummy, or the famous story of the woman buried alive from the cemetery.
The fourth room is the Snake Mine, where some chilling stories from the mines of Guanajuato are told.
Finally, the fifth room is a children’s story that tells how mining works, with Don Cuco Tuzo and his family of Tuzos as the main characters.
It has maintained the same aesthetic since its inauguration. The figures are still dressed in 1981 fashion, and the voices narrate the stories as they were told back then.
