Museo del Acero Horno 3

Located in Monterrey’s Fundidora Park, Museo del Acero Horno 3 is an interactive science and technology center housed in the restored Blast Furnace No. 3, offering exhibits on steel production and industrial heritage.

Planning your visit

Horno 3 is a blast furnace turned science museum, and the building is the exhibit. Monterrey was Mexico's steel city, and the Fundidora foundry operated from 1900 until it closed abruptly in 1986, throwing thousands out of work. Rather than demolish the site, the city turned it into a park and converted Blast Furnace No. 3 — 70 metres of rusted steel structure, pipework and casting floor — into an interactive centre about steel, industry and science.

The best part is the industrial heritage itself: a show that simulates a steel pour with heat, light and sound in the original casting house, and a lift to a panoramic viewing platform high on the furnace structure, looking out over the park and the Sierra Madre mountains that ring Monterrey. Interactive galleries below cover metallurgy, energy and physics.

Fundidora Park around it is one of the better urban parks in Mexico, built through the surviving foundry structures, with the Santa Lucia riverwalk connecting it to the city centre by boat.

Allow two to three hours. Bookable options include admission with the panoramic viewpoint. Current availability is shown below.