National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)
Mexico City · founded 1964
The National Museum of Anthropology is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico. Located in the area between Paseo de la Reforma and Mahatma Gandhi Street within Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, which is a wide-open natural park and has a great history, because it was the place where Aztec emperors spent time.
- Visitors a year
- 5MVisitors a year
- Founded
- 1964Founded
What to see
Aztec sun stone
Mexica, 1510.
At the museum · Photo by Anonymous Mexica artist, CC BY-SA 4.0
Maya Codex of Mexico
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Coatlicue statue
1487.
At the museum · Photo by Anagoria, CC BY 3.0
Codex Boturino
1600.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Codex Colombino
1150.
At the museum · Public domain via Wikimedia Commons
Monolith of Tlaloc
In the museum’s collection.
At the museum · Photo by Jaontiveros, CC BY-SA 4.0
Plan your visit
Hours
Published on the museum’s own site. Confirm on www.mna.inah.gob.mx before you travel.
Getting there
Av. Paseo de la Reforma esq. Calz. Gandhi s/n , Col. Chapultepec Polanco , 11560.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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