Museum's front entrance.

The square concrete umbrella known as "el paraguas".

Original Aztec Stone of the Sun on display in the museum.

The National Museum of Anthropology (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Antropología) is located within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, Mexico. It contains significant anthropological finds from the nation of Mexico such as the as the Stone of the Sun (commonly known as the Aztec Calendar) and the 16th-century Aztec statue of Xochipilli. Image File history File linksMetadata National_Museum_of_Anthropology_and_History. ... Image File history File linksMetadata National_Museum_of_Anthropology_and_History. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (444 × 663 pixel, file size: 110 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Columna que sostiene la sombrilla a la entrada del Museo Nacional de Antropología en la Ciudad de México. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 401 × 599 pixelsFull resolution (444 × 663 pixel, file size: 110 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Columna que sostiene la sombrilla a la entrada del Museo Nacional de Antropología en la Ciudad de México. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Aztec Aztec calendar ... File links The following pages link to this file: Aztec Aztec calendar ... The Aztecs is a term used for certain Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico. ... The Aztec calendar was the calendar of the Aztec people of Pre-Columbian Mexico. ... Chapultepec (ChapoltepÄ“c = at the grasshopper hill in the Nahuatl language) is a large hill on the outskirts of central Mexico City with much significance in Mexican history. ... Nickname: Motto: Capital en movimiento Location of Mexico City in south central Mexico Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ... Anthropology (from Greek: ἀνθρωπος, anthropos, human being; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is the study of humanity. ... The Aztecs is a term used for certain Pre-Columbian Mesoamerican peoples of Mexico. ... In Aztec mythology, Xochipilli was the god of love, games, beauty, dance, flowers, maize, and song. ...

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 (known as "el paraguas", Spanish for "the umbrella") 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 (almost 8 hectares) or 857,890 square feet (almost 20 acres). Year 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Exhibits

Opened in 1964 by President Adolfo López Mateos, the museum has a number of significant exhibits, such as the Stone of the Sun (depicted on the right), giant stone heads of the Olmec civilization that were found in the jungles of Tabasco and Veracruz, treasures recovered from the Maya civilization, the Sacred 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. Also Nintendo emulator: 1964 (emulator). ... Adolfo López Mateos (26 May 1909 – 22 September 1969) was President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964, representing the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). ... Monument 1, one of the four Olmec colossal heads at La Venta. ... Tabasco is a state in Mexico. ... The state of Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave is one of the 31 states that comprise Mexico. ... This article is about the pre-Columbian Maya civilization. ... Sacred Cenote at Chichén Itzá Sacred Cenote (Well of Sacrifice) is a noted cenote at the Mayan site of Chichen Itza. ... Temple of the Warriors Chichen Itza is the largest of the Pre-Columbian archaeological sites in Yucat n, Mexico. ... Pacal II, also known as Pacal the Great (the most recent work gives his full name as Kinich Janaab Pakal[1] (26 March 603 - 31 August 683), was ruler of the Maya polity of Palenque. ... The Palace, Ruins of Palenque Palenque is a Maya archeological site near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, located at about 130 km south of Ciudad del Carmen (see map). ... Ethnology (from the Greek ethnos, meaning people) is the branch of anthropology that compares and analyses the origins, distribution, technology, religion, language, and social structure of the racial or national divisions of humanity. ... Sign in a rural area in Dalarna, Sweden Qichun, a rural town in Hubei province, China An artists rendering of an aerial view of the Maryland countryside: Jane Frank (Jane Schenthal Frank, 1918-1986), Aerial Series: Ploughed Fields, Maryland, 1974, acrylic and mixed materials on apertured double canvas, 52... Tenochtitlan, looking east. ... Nickname: Motto: Capital en movimiento Location of Mexico City in south central Mexico Coordinates: , Country Federal entity Boroughs The 16 delegaciones Founded c. ...

Name

It is a common misconception, even among Mexicans, that the museum's full name is the National Museum of Anthropology and History. Its official name is simply the National Museum of Anthropology. There is another corporation, the National Museum of History which is located in the nearby Chapultepec Castle, but it is a different museum altogether. The former focuses on pre-Columbian Mexico and modern day Mexican Ethnography. The latter focuses on the Viceroyalty of New Spain and its progress towards modern Mexico, up to the 20th Century. Museum of National History (Museo Nacional de Historia) is located in the first section of the Chapultepec Park inside the Chapultepec Castle, Mexico City, Mexico. ... Aerial view of the Chapultepec Castle and the Monument of the Heroic Cadets. ... The pre-Columbian era incorporates all period subdivisions in the history and prehistory of the Americas before the appearance of significant European influences on the Americas continent. ... Ethnography ( ethnos = people and graphein = writing) is the genre of writing that presents varying degrees of qualitative and quantitative descriptions of human social phenomena, based on fieldwork. ... map of New Spain in red, with territories claimed but not controlled in orange. ...

However, the official administrative body that manages both museums (and many other national and regional museums) is the National Institute of Anthropology and History (Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia).

Gallery

The Maya Room. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ...	Model of Templo Mayor (Tenochtitlán). Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... Plan of Tenochtitlan (Dr Atl) Mexico City statue commemorating the foundation of Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan (pronounced ) or, alternatively, Mexico-Tenochtitlan, was the capital of the Aztec empire, which was built on an island in Lake Texcoco in what is now central Mexico. ...	The Palenque exhibit inside the Maya Room. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... The Palace, Ruins of Palenque Palenque is a Maya archeological site near the Usumacinta River in the Mexican state of Chiapas, located at about 130 km south of Ciudad del Carmen (see map). ...	Fountain in front of the Museum. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (3264 × 2448 pixel, file size: 2. ...
Mural painting of Tenochtitlan, looking east. Map of Tenochtitlan, Mural painting from the National Museum of Mexico City. ... Tenochtitlan, looking east. ...	Statue of Aztec goddess Coatlicue. Image File history File linksMetadata Coatlicue. ... Statue of Coatlicue displayed in National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City Coatlicue, also known as Teteoinan (also transcribed Teteo Inan) (The Mother of Gods), is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war. ...	Stone of the Sun (Aztec Calendar). Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ...	Model of Tenochtitlán. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (2592 × 1944 pixel, file size: 647 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Modell und Bild von Tenochtitlán, Mexiko Photograph: Luidger (29. ...
Ocelotl-Cuauhxicalli. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 587 pixelsFull resolution (1666 × 1222 pixel, file size: 301 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Ocelotl-Cuauhxicalli, Nationalmuseum für Anthropologie, Mexiko-Stadt Photograph: Luidger 29. ...	Coatlicue. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 386 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1297 × 2016 pixel, file size: 421 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Coatlicue, Nationalmuseum für Anthropologie, Mexiko-Stadt Photograph: Luidger 29. ... Statue of Coatlicue displayed in National Museum of Anthropology and History in Mexico City Coatlicue, also known as Teteoinan (also transcribed Teteo Inan) (The Mother of Gods), is the Aztec goddess who gave birth to the moon, stars, and Huitzilopochtli, the god of the sun and war. ...	Olmec colossal head. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 590 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1839 × 1868 pixel, file size: 418 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Olmekischer Kolossalkopf (Olmec head, Cabeza olmeca), Nationalmuseum für Anthropologie, Mexiko-Stadt Photograph: Luidger 29. ...	Olmec wrestler. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 641 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1994 × 1865 pixel, file size: 435 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Luchador Olmeca, Nationalmuseum für Anthropologie, Mexiko-Stadt Photograph: Luidger 29. ...
Dintel No. 53, Yaxchilán. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 450 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1944 × 2592 pixel, file size: 961 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Dintel Nr. ... One of the pyramids on the upper terrace of Yaxchilan. ...

See also

Doris Heyden Doris Heyden (née Heydenreich) was a prominent scholar of Mexico’s ancient cultures. ...

External links

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