The Casa de México Foundation in Spain builds its Day of the Dead altar, this year dedicated to composer Agustín Lara (1897-1970), the Flaco de Oro, who presides over the scene at his piano. 🌼🎹

The offering is inspired by a mountain cemetery in Michoacán on the Night of the Dead: candles, marigolds, copal, music and monarch butterflies, which in Purépecha and Mazahua tradition represent the souls returning to visit the living.

🌼 DAY OF THE DEAD ALTAR 2026

📅 2 October to 8 November 2026

🕐 Free entry: Monday 10 am to 6.45 pm, Tuesday to Friday 10 am to 1.45 pm, Saturday and Sunday 10 am to 12.45 pm

📍 Fundación Casa de México en España, calle de Alberto Aguilera, 20, Madrid

🎟️ Free

🕯️ Guided tours

About 20 minutes: Tuesday to Friday 2 pm to 8.30 pm, Saturday 1 pm to 8.30 pm and Sunday 1 pm to 6.30 pm.

With free booking (link sent every Friday in the Casa de México newsletter) or via the walk-in queue, subject to capacity.

🎨 Folk art

The altar features traditional Mexican crafts such as embossed tin and cartonería (papier-mâché).

✨ Music, memory and flowers for those who live on in our songs.