Mexico City

Santo Domingo	C.Diputados	Museo N. Arte	E. Correos	Azulejos
E. Correos	Fine Arts	Fine Arts	Alameda	Alameda
Anthropology	Anthropology	Anthropology	Anthropology	Anthropology
Anthropology	Anthropology	Anthropology	Anthropology	Anthropology
Anthropology	Huicholes	Huicholes	Guadalupe	Guadalupe

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Mexico City

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Fine Arts Theatre Museum

This important building was begun in 1904 and finished during the twenties in a nationalist style. It contains important wall paintings. Some of its halls are used for special exhibitions and cultural activities. At the 3th floor is located the National Architecture Museum. Juárez Ave. and Eje Central

The main facade also is divided in three bodies. In the power station it emphasizes the magnificent porch with his columnata of marble of Carrara. In the superior part is a great eardrum, in which it emphasizes the escultórico set of the Italian Leonardo Bistolfi (1859-1933) with a feminine central figure that represents the Harmony, surrounded by the states of the musical soul: pain, wrath, joy, peace and love. To this set it frames an archivolt of querubines and it finalizes with the sculptures of music (left.) and the inspiration (right.), also from Bistolfi.

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Museo Nacional de Antropologia

(The National Museum of Anthropology). This museum is located on Paseo de la Reforma Avenue and Gandhi street in the first section of Chapultepec Park. Underground: Auditorio. It contains significant anthropological finds from the nation of Mexico such as the Aztec Calendar Stone and the 16th-century Aztec statue of Xochipilli

Opened in 1964 , by President Adolfo López Mateos , the museum has many fascinating exhibits, such as the Aztec calendar stone, giant stone Olmec heads from the jungles of Tabasco and Veracruz, treasures recovered from the sacred Mayan well in Chicen Itza, a replica of Lord Pacal's Mayan tomb from Palenque and ethnological displays of rural Mexican life as it is still lived today. It also has a very good model of the location and layout of Tenochtitlan , which puts present-day Mexico City in perspective.

It has gone in a intense renovation since the 2000.

Many tourists consider this to be the best museum in Mexico City . Allow at least four to five hours to visit, with a seven to eight hour visit being optimal. The museum is most crowded on Sundays, and if you plan to take pictures, use a camera with the ability to compensate for low light because no flash is permitted.

Hours:
Tuesday to Saturday  9:00 am. to 19:00 pm.
Sundays from 10:00 am to 18:00 pm.
Monday is closed.

Fees:
$ 16.00 ( Pesos M.N.)
Sundays and holidays free entrance.

The National Museum of Anthropology Web Site

Basilica de Guadalupe

Catholicism's holiest place in the Americas, and the destination of pilgrims from all over the world, especially during the yearly celebration on the 12th of December. It is the shrine that guards the shroud of our lady of Guadalupe.

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