Museo de América

This article is about the Museum of the Americas in Madrid. For other uses, see Museum of the Americas.

Museum of the Americas

Museo de América
Museum's building
Established	1941
Location	Madrid, Spain
Coordinates	40°26′18″N 3°43′19″W
Type	Artistic, archaeological and ethnographic
Website	museodeamerica.mcu.es

Museum of the Americas
Native name Museo de América (Spanish)
Location	Madrid, Spain
Spanish Cultural Heritage
Official name	Museo de América
Type	Non-movable
Criteria	Monument
Designated	1962
Reference no.	RI-51-0001378
Location of Museum of the Americas in Spain

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.

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

Gallery

• 
  Ceramic vessel representing a crustacean. Moche culture artwork from Peru.
• 
  Maya cinerary urn representing solar god Kinich Ahau.
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  Bronze helmet of a 16th-century Spanish soldier.
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  Chimú vessel showing a sexual act between men.
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  Helmet and collar representing a wolf. Made of wood, shell and mane in the 18th century by tlingit indigenous people.
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  Artwork from Ancient Peru (400 AC).
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  Aztec Codex Tudela

See also

• Casón del Buen Retiro

External links

Media related to Museo de América (Madrid) at Wikimedia Commons

• Northwest Coast art in the Museo de América
• Official website