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National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)

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National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
National Museum of Anthropology (Museo Nacional de Antropologia)
Phone:
+52 55 4040 5300

Hours:
Sunday9am - 7pm
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am - 7pm
Wednesday9am - 7pm
Thursday9am - 7pm
Friday9am - 7pm
Saturday9am - 7pm


The National Museum of Anthropology is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. Located in the area between Paseo de la Reforma and Mahatma Gandhi Street within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, the museum contains significant archaeological and anthropological artifacts from Mexico's pre-Columbian heritage, such as the Stone of the Sun and the Aztec Xochipilli statue. The museum is managed by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia , or INAH. Assessments of the museum vary, with one considering it a national treasure and a symbol of identity. The museum is the synthesis of an ideological, scientific, and political feat. Octavio Paz criticized the museum's making the Mexica hall central, saying the exaltation and glorification of Mexico-Tenochtitlan transforms the Museum of Anthropology into a temple.
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