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Museum of the Americas
Museo de América

Museo de América de Madrid - 01.jpg
Museum's building

Established 1941
Location
Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40°26′17″N 3°43′19″W / 40.438131°N 3.722069°W / 40.438131; -3.722069
Type Artistic, archaeological and ethnographic
Website museodeamerica.mcu.es






























Museum of the Americas

Native name
Spanish: Museo de América
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Location
Madrid, Spain

Spanish Property of Cultural Interest
Official name: Museo de América
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1962
Reference no. RI-51-0001378



Museum of the Americas (Madrid) is located in Spain
Museum of the Americas (Madrid)


Location of Museum of the Americas in Spain


The Museum of the Americas (Spanish: Museo de América) in Madrid, Spain is a national museum that holds artistic, archaeological and ethnographic collections from the whole Americas, ranging from the Paleolithic period to the present day.


As an institution, the museum was founded in 1941, and in 1962 all the funds were definitively moved to its current premises. The permanent exhibit is divided into five major thematical areas:



  • An awareness of the Americas

  • The reality of the Americas

  • Society

  • Religion

  • Communication




Contents






  • 1 Gallery


  • 2 See also


  • 3 References


  • 4 External links





Gallery






  • Ceramic vessel representing a crustacean. Moche culture artwork from Peru.







  • Maya cinerary urn representing solar god Kinich Ahau.







  • Bronze helmet of a 16th-century Spanish soldier.







  • Chimú vessel showing a sexual act between men.







  • Helmet and collar representing a wolf. Made of wood, shell and mane in the 18th century by tlingit indigenous people.







  • Artwork from Ancient Peru (400 AC).







  • Aztec Codex Tudela










See also


  • Casón del Buen Retiro


References





External links


Media related to Museo de América (Madrid) at Wikimedia Commons



  • Northwest Coast art in the Museo de América

  • Official website











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