Museum of the Americas (Madrid)

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.

Museum of the Americas
Museo de América
Museum's building
Established1941
LocationMadrid, Spain
Coordinates40°26′18″N 3°43′19″W
TypeArtistic, archaeological and ethnographic
Websitemuseodeamerica.mcu.es
Museum of the Americas
Native name
Spanish: Museo de América
LocationMadrid, Spain
Official name: Museo de América
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1962
Reference no.RI-51-0001378
Location of Museum of the Americas in Spain

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
  • 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

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References

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