Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
The National Museum of Anthropology (MNA) is one of the most important museographic precincts in Mexico and America.2 It is designed to house and exhibit the archaeological legacy of the peoples of Mesoamerica, as well as to account for the country’s current ethnic diversity. .
The collection of the National Museum of Anthropology is made up of numerous archaeological and ethnographic pieces from all over Mexico. Some of the most emblematic pieces of the collection include the Piedra del Sol -which is the very heart of the museum-, the colossal heads of the Olmec culture, the monumental Teotihuacan sculptures dedicated to the gods of water, the tomb of Pakal, the funerary offerings of Monte Albán, the stelae of Xochicalco, as well as an Toltec atlante brought from Tollan-Xicocotitlan and the Monolito de Tláloc that guards the entrance to the museum.