Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid)
Museo Nacional de Antropología | |
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Established | 1875 |
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Location | Madrid, Spain |
Type | Archaeological and ethnographic |
Public transit access | Atocha station |
Website | mnantropologia |
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 a national museum of Spain, located in Madrid near the Parque del Buen Retiro and opposite Atocha railway and metro station. It is considered the oldest anthropology museum in Spain, formally inaugurated on April 29, 1875, during the reign of Alfonso XII.
History[]
Dr 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:
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A collection of skulls from the beginnings of the museum.
- 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 Wunderkammer giving an impression of the early exhibitions including a plaster cast and the skeleton of the "Extremaduran Giant" (), 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.
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A Peruvian example of pintura de castas ("caste pictures"), showing a Mestizo as the offspring of Mestizo parents.
- Second floor. The Americas hall, covering indigenous peoples of the Americas, with items like Jivaro reduced heads, Andean Carnival masks, and .
A lecture hall allows performances of traditional music and dances and lectures.
References[]
External links[]
Media related to Spanish National Museum of Anthropology at Wikimedia Commons
Categories:
- Anthropology museums
- National museums of Spain
- Museums in Madrid
- Bien de Interés Cultural landmarks in Madrid
- 1875 establishments in Spain
- Museums established in 1875
- Buildings and structures in Jerónimos neighborhood, Madrid
- Spanish museum stubs