Museum Details


Name:Museo Nacional de Antropología, INAH
Street Address:Paseo de la Reforma y Av Ghandhi s/n, Polanco Chapultepec
City:México
State:Distrito Federal
Country:México
Zipcode:11580
Telephone:55-5553-6386, 55-5553-6564
Fax:55-5553-6381
Email:museo@internet.com.mx
Website:http://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/
Staff Contacts:Dir: Mercedes de la Garza Camino
Quality of Online Info:
Size:large
Focus:Maya objects from Mexico: ceramic vessels and statues, bone, shell, flint, and obsidian; Highlights: reconstruction of burial chamber of Palenque ruler Pakal, buried with objects of jade and jewelry, as well as a stucco relief from a temple facade; Other objects: Jaina figurines, lintels, stelae; Reproductions of Maya buildings and new interactive kiosks
Source:Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 452, 454. Schulze, Marco and Boris Eggers, eds. Museums of the World. 11th Rev. and Enl. ed. Volume 1. Handbook of International Documentation and Information Series. Volume 16. Muchen: K.G. Saur, 2004. 461. U of Utah Libraries. http://www.mna.inah.gob.mx/musel/mna/musel/muna/mna_esp/main.html