Parque-Museo La Venta

Parque-Museo La Venta

The Parque-Museo La Venta ( La Venta Museum Park ) in the town of Villahermosa in the Mexican state of Tabasco is one of the most important archaeological museums in the country. It is primarily dedicated to the storage, presentation and research of sculptures from the Olmec site of La Venta (approx. 1200 to 400 BC).

location

The museum is located in a green area near the Laguna de las Ilusiones in the north-west of the city, which is only 10 m high.

history

The La Venta site was discovered in 1925 by researcher Frans Blom and archaeologist Olivar Farge. The museum was built at the suggestion of the local writer and politician Carlos Pellicer Cámara (1897–1977) and inaugurated on March 4, 1958. For their protection, some finds have since been moved to the Museo Regional de Antropología Carlos Pellicer Cámara , which was newly built in 1980 and located about 1.5 km to the south-east .

Exhibits

The most important finds from the archaeological site of La Venta are partly protected and partly in the open air . Particularly noteworthy are 4 Olmec colossal heads. Around 50 other sculptures are also evidence of great originality and craftsmanship - especially if you take into account the fact that their creators did not have metal tools.