National Museum of Anthropology and History
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The National Museum of Anthropology and History (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Antropología e Historia) is located within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, Mexico. It contains significant anthropological finds from the nation of Mexico such as the Aztec Calendar Stone and the 16th-century Aztec statue of Xochipilli.
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[edit] Architecture
Designed in 1963 by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, helped by Ricardo de Robina, Jorge Campuzano and Rafael Mijares, it has an impressive architecture with exhibition halls surrounding a patio with a small pond and a vast square concrete umbrella supported by a single slender pillar around which splashes an artificial cascade. The halls are ringed by gardens, many of which contain outdoor exhibits. The museum has 23 rooms for exhibits and covers an area of 79,700 square meters.
[edit] Exhibits
Opened in 1964, by President Adolfo López Mateos, the museum has a number of significant exhibits, such as the Aztec calendar stone, giant stone Olmec heads from the jungles of Tabasco and Veracruz, treasures recovered from the sacred Maya cenote at Chichen Itza, a replica of the sarcophagal lid from Pacal's tomb at Palenque and ethnological displays of contemporary rural Mexican life. It also has a model of the location and layout of the former Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, the site of which is now occupied by the central area of modern-day Mexico City itself.
[edit] Gallery
The Maya Room. |
Model Of Templo Mayor (Tenochtitlán). |
The Palenque exhibit inside the Maya Room. |
Fountain in front of the Museum |
Mural painting of Tenochtitlan, looking east. |
Statue of Aztec goddess Coatlicue |
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de:Nationalmuseum für Anthropologie (Mexiko) es:Museo Nacional de Antropología nl:Nationaal Antropologiemuseum
