National Museum of Anthropology

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The National Museum of Anthropology is Mexico’s premier museum dedicated to preserving and showcasing the archaeological and ethnographic heritage of the country’s pre-Hispanic and indigenous cultures.

Aliases (9)

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	anthropology museum → archaeology museum → ethnographic museum → museum →
alsoKnownAs	Museo Nacional de Antropología de México →
architect	Jorge Campuzano → Pedro Ramírez Vázquez → Rafael Mijares →
city	Mexico City →
collectionType	archaeology → ethnography → indigenous cultures of Mexico → pre-Hispanic art →
continent	North America →
country	Mexico →
dedicatedTo	indigenous peoples of Mexico → pre-Hispanic cultures of Mexico →
floorCount	2 →
hasCourtyard	central courtyard with umbrella roof →
hasPart	Aztec Hall → Aztec calendar stone → Ethnography Halls → Gulf Coast Hall → Maya Hall → Mexica Hall → Oaxaca Hall → Piedra del Sol → Teotihuacan Hall →
inception	1964 →
languageOfWorkOrName	Spanish →
locatedIn	Chapultepec Park →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Mexico City →
locatedInTimeZone	America/Mexico_City →
location	Mexico City →
maintainedBy	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia →
nativeLanguage	Spanish →
nativeName	Museo Nacional de Antropología →
notableWork	Aztec calendar stone → Monolith of Tlaloc → Pakal’s funerary mask (replica and artifacts from Palenque) →
openingDate	1964-09-17 →
operator	Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia →
ownedBy	Government of Mexico →
publicTransitAccess	Auditorio metro station → Chapultepec metro station →
roofFeature	large concrete umbrella supported by a single column →
significance	Mexico’s most important anthropology and archaeology museum →
significantBuilding	modernist architecture →
touristAttraction	yes →

Referenced by (39)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aztec Hall → Ethnography Halls → Gulf Coast Hall → Maya Hall → Monolith of Tlaloc ("Museo Nacional de Antropología") → Oaxaca Hall ("National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City") →	locatedIn
Ermita → Jerónimos ("National Museum of Anthropology (Madrid)") → Jerónimos ("Museo Nacional de Antropología") →	hasLandmark
Jorge Campuzano → Pedro Ramírez Vázquez → Rafael Mijares →	notableWork
Aztec Hall → Ethnography Halls → Oaxaca Hall ("National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City)") →	partOf
Jorge Campuzano → Rafael Mijares →	coDesignerOf
Miguel Hidalgo (Mexico City borough) ("Museo Nacional de Antropología") → Miguel Hidalgo borough →	contains
Anzures ("Museo Nacional de Antropología") → Museum of Modern Art (Mexico City) ("National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)") →	locatedNear
National Museum of Anthropology ("Museo Nacional de Antropología de México") →	alsoKnownAs
Mexico City ("ruins of Tenochtitlan") →	builtOn
Codex Boturini ("Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City") →	currentLocation
Pedro Ramírez Vázquez →	designed
Greater Mexico City metropolitan area →	hasCulturalInstitution
Auditorio metro station →	hasNearbyAttraction
Bosque de Chapultepec →	hasPart
Aztec Hall ("National Museum of Anthropology main building") →	locatedInBuilding
Piedra del Sol ("National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City") →	location
Mexico City →	majorMuseum
Piedra del Sol ("National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)") →	museumCollection
Gulf Coast Hall →	museumSectionOf
National Museum of Anthropology ("Museo Nacional de Antropología") →	nativeName
Chapultepec Lake →	near
Ethnography Halls →	operatedBy
Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia ("National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico City)") →	operates
Maya Hall →	operator
Auditorio metro station →	providesAccessTo