Nogueras is today a neighborhood that takes up most of the east of the Pueblo Magico of Comala. In many ways, it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s a forerunner to the town, but it was built during the colonial period over an even more ancient site of which not much is known. In 1704, the first owner of the hacienda whose name is documented was one Juan de Noguera. His name continues to mark the place even today. He ran it as a sugar plantation and it continued in that capacity for the next two centuries.
The ancestors of the artist Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo purchased the failed estate toward the end of the 19th century. But it was in the late 20th when Rengel gifted part of the estate to the University of Colima. He worked with the university to remodel much of it and today there\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s an important Study Center, an ecological park and the Alejandro Rangel Hidalgo University Museum. The museum houses some of the collections of the states, and some much older works that were found nearby or rescued by Rangel and his brothers, architect Juan Rangel and engineer Javier Rangel. The brothers also helped to found the Faculty of Architecture within the University of Colima.
The museum houses furniture, illustrations, and art objects. The space also hosts activities within the ecological park and the cultural center. Agricultural and environmental practices developed here now influence the entire region.
Most guests will visit as part of a trip to Comala which is guaranteed to be exciting anyway. The former estate and the University Museum are just one of the more natural and relaxing parts of such en eye-opening visit.
