Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid)

Coordinates: 40°24′27.698″N 3°41′20.310″W / 40.40769389°N 3.68897500°W

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National Museum of Anthropology

Museo Nacional de Antropología
Museum's main facade

Established	1875
Location	Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40°24′27.698″N 3°41′20.310″W / 40.40769389°N 3.68897500°W / 40.40769389; -3.68897500
Type	Archaeological and ethnographic
Public transit access	Madrid-Atocha
Website	mnantropologia.mcu.es

Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Museo Nacional de Antropología
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1962
Reference no.	RI-51-0001384

The National Museum of Anthropology (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Antropología) is an anthropology museum in Madrid, Spain. It is considered the oldest of its kind in Spain, formally inaugurated on 29 April 1875, during the reign of Alfonso XII. It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.

The museum is located near the Parque del Buen Retiro and opposite Atocha railway and metro station.

History

Dr. Pedro González de Velasco promoted his project of a museum of Anatomy and assembled the early collections. The focus later passed from physical to cultural anthropology.

Structure

Each of its three floors is dedicated to a different subject:

Ground floor. The Asia hall, devoting a special attention to the culture of the Philippines, a Spanish colony until 1898, with many items taken from an 1885 exposition in nearby Retiro Park. It also dedicates side rooms to temporary exhibitions and a cabinet of curiosities giving an impression of the early exhibitions including a plaster cast and the skeleton of the "Extremaduran Giant" (Agustín Luengo Capilla), and statues and plaster casts of several racial types.
First floor. The Africa hall, with a prominent representation of the culture of Equatorial Guinea, a Spanish colony until 1959.

Second floor. The Americas hall, covering indigenous peoples of the Americas, with items like Jivaro reduced heads, Andean Carnival masks, and Inuit sun goggles.

A lecture hall allows performances of traditional music and dances and lectures.

References

External links

Official website
Museo Nacional de Antropología – Google Arts & Culture
Media related to Museo Nacional de Antropología (España) at Wikimedia Commons

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