Mexico – National Anthropology Museum

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If you are interested in the Mesoamerican artifacts you should definitely pay a visit to the National Anthropology museum, which is located in the Chapultepec Park. Here you would be able to examine the most impressive collection of Mesoamerican artifacts in the world. To each cultural region a hall is dedicated and some rooms have ethnological exhibitions as well. There is so much to see, so you should dedicate the whole day to this amazing museum. The real must is the Aztec exhibit with the famous Sun Stone or “Aztec Calendar.” Also, you should not leave without seeing the Recreation of Pakal’s tomb in Maya exhibit room and Jade mask of the Zapotec Bat God in Oaxaca. Something that really makes the visit to the National Museum of Anthropology special is that the exhibitions in the rooms are organized in the chronological order, so if you start on the right and make your way around counter-clockwise you will get the feeling for how the culture changed over time. On the other hand, if you go to the left on the entrance you will come to the halls that are devoted to the development of other areas of Mexico. Something that also could impress you is the rooms where the archeological scenes are recreated which give the chance to see the pieces in the context in which they were found. This magnificent museum is built around a large courtyard, so take your time to see as many as possible and at the end take a break in a beautiful courtyard.

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