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Stone Of The Sun on display in the museum.]] The National Museum of Anthropology ( 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 . 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). The above area is equivalent to 2331 Old French royal square perches or 3151 British Imperial square rods, if you must know. 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. 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. 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 |
Image:museum Of Anthropology ModeljpgModel Of Templo Mayor (
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Image:museum Of Anthropology PalenquejpgThe
| "http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/Palenque" class="copylinks">Palenque exhibit inside the Maya Room |
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Image:Tenoch2AjpgMural Painting Of
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Image:coatlicuejpgStatue Of Aztec Goddess
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Image:20041229-Coatlicue (Museo Nacional De Antropología) MQjpg
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Image:20041229-Dintel 53 Yaxchilán (Museo Nacional De Antropología) MQjpgDintel No 53,
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