Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida"

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The Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno "Carlos Mérida" is a national museum for modern art in Guatemala City , which bears the name affix after the Guatemalan artist Carlos Mérida .

history

The history of the museum dates back to the opened on 10 November 1934, and recognized by governmental agreement of January 15, 1935 Museo Nacional de Historia y Bellas Artes ( span. For the National Museum of History and Fine Arts ) back that in the old Templo del Calvario was which was destroyed in 1947.

During the celebration of the national festival in 1953, the idea of ​​rebuilding arose. A former building of the Policía Nacional Civil was planned . Today's museum was built on October 16, 1975.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Breve Historia del Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno (Spanish) at Juannio, December 4, 2006.

Coordinates: 14 ° 35 ′ 50.8 "  N , 90 ° 31 ′ 44.2"  W.