When did the Frida Kahlo Museum open at La Casa Azul?

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Frida Kahlo stands at an easel, holding a paintbrush and working on a portrait of a woman in a white dress, looking toward the camera. — Frida Kahlo Mexican artist Frida Kahlo painting a portrait of Jean Wight in 1931; the work depicts the wife of artist Clifford Wight, who assisted Diego Rivera, Kahlo's husband, when he was painting a number of murals throughout the United States.

The Frida Kahlo Museum, located at her lifelong home known as La Casa Azul, opened to the public in 1958.1

Following the artist's death, her husband, Diego Rivera, arranged for the residence to be redesigned as a museum dedicated to her life and work. While the museum opened in 1958, certain areas of the house, specifically a bathroom and dressing room, remained sealed for decades per Rivera's wishes and were not opened to the public until the early 21st century.1