Museo de Antropología de Xalapa

The Museo de Antropología de Xalapa (MAX) in the capital of the Mexican state Veracruz is one of the most interesting archaeological museums in the country. In addition to the museums of Mexico City and Villahermosa , it houses the most extensive collection on the cultural field of the Olmecs .

location

The Museo de Antropología is located in a 40,000 m² park in the west of the 1450 m high city of Xalapa .

history

The museum has a long history going back to the 1930s; At the time it was called the Museo Antropológico de la Dirección General de Educación , but in 1951 it was renamed the Museo Veracruzano de Anthropología . In the 1960s it moved twice and in the 1980s the ethnological department was spun off. Today's unadorned building, designed by the American architect Edward Durell Stone, was built by the Mexican architect Sergio Mejia Ontiveros and inaugurated in 1986.

Exhibits

The most important exhibits are undoubtedly the 5 Colossal Olmec heads from the San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan site . But numerous other finds from the state of Veracruz also deserve attention.

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  Colossal head 4 ( San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan )

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  Colossal Head 7 (San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan)

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  Sculptures "The Twins"

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  Olmec Figure (Las Limas)

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  Stela 1 from La Mojarra

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  Stela 6 from Cerro de las Mesas

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  beheaded ball player (aparicio)

See also

Further finds on the art of the Olmecs are shown in:

• National Museum of Anthropology (Mexico)
• Parque-Museo La Venta ( Villahermosa )
• Museum of the San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan site
• Tres Zapotes Site Museum

Web links

Commons : Xalapa Anthropology Museum  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Museum website (Spanish)
• Photos + information about the museum (Spanish)
• Photos and brief information about the museum (part 1, English)
• Photos and brief information about the museum (part 2, English)

Coordinates: 19 ° 33'3 "  N , 96 ° 55'53"  W.