A G: Mexico City Day 3 - Afternoon by Aaron, Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional de Antropologia

Palacio de Bellas Artes, Museo Nacional de Antropologia

~ Aaron

Museo Nacional de las Culturas

At the entrance

of the museum

Museum

Original foundation 1734

Egypt exhibition

Greek exhibition

replica

At the garden of

the museum

South American collection

A boat model

Prehistoric creature skeleton

Palace of Fine Artes

Walking towards Palace of Fine Arts

Street of downtown

Metropolitan Cathedral

Street of downtown

A girl walking on stilts

in front of a hotel

Metropolitan Cathedral

Palace of Fine Arts

in the distance

Palace of Fine Arts

The water fountain's stairs go down

proved that Mexico City is sinking.

The city was built by fillin a lake with soil.

Sitting in front of

the museum

Timo entre la gente

Pablo Picasso & Diego Rivera's Exhibition

at Palacio de Bellas Artes

Special exhibition of

Picasso & Rivera

at the museum

Left: self portrait of Diego Rivera

Right: self portrait of Pablo Picasso

Picasso, 1912

Picasso, 1934

Rivera, 1913

Rivera, 1915

Rivera

Rivera, 1923

Rivera, 1931

Murals by: "The Big Three" - Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, Jose Clemente Orozco

at Palacio de Bellas Artes

Diego Rivera

1886-1957

David Alfaro Siqueiros

1896-1974

Jose Clemente Orozco

1883-1949

Murals on the wall of the museum

Interior of the museum

Mural of David Alfaro Siqueiros, 1950-51

Mural of
Jose Clemente Orozco
1934-35

Murals of Diego Rivera, 1936

The National Museum of Fine Arts is very beautiful. Many beautiful murals by Diego Riviera are located on the walls. A temporary exhibition of paintings by Diego and Picasso just happened to be there when we visited. The current building of the museum started in 1904, and the deadline was 1910, but by 1913, the project was stop all progress with barely a a small dome. However, construction restarted in 1932, and completed 2 years later.

Lunch

Yummy lunch

Museo Nacional de Antropologia

At museum entrance

Maya special exhibition

Maya Exhibition

Mask with Sun God, 250-902 AD

Retrato 600-900 DC

Mujer Con

Limado Dental

600-900DC

Food for the gods

statue of human sacrifice

Testimony of victory, 799 AD

Nature in writing, 603 AD

Lord Kuch B'ahlam

771-792 AD

Precious jewelry

made from >1600 pieces

of shell

Lord of the air

Vessel with lid

and support with king

vulture head

Feather Serpent

censer base

Lord of underworld

Supernatural beings, vessel with lid bearing mythological scene

Maya regular exhibition

At Maya exhibition

Mayan temple

At Maya exhibition

Tomb of Pakal the Great

Entierro infantil

Mayan temple

Dintel 47 de Yaxchilan

600-800 DC

Mayan Temple

At Maya exhibition

Teotihuacan exhibition

Acrobat

Tlatilco Temp IV

Tlatilco Temp IV with many bones
of human sacrifices

House & area of activity

Potteries

Pyramid of Feathered Serpent in colors

Pyramid of the plumed serpent burial
for sacrifices

Dalchiuhtucue

objects made with

obsidian

Estela 31 de Tikal

250-650 DC

Murals Wagner

Ball court

Plaza Mayor of the capital of New Spain exhibition

Piedra Sol

Stone of the Sun

Piedra Sol

Stone of the Sun in colors

discovered in Dec 1790

at Plaza Mayor of the capital

of the New Spain

Piedra Sol

Stone of the Sun

Piedra de ex Arzobispado

with the Stone of the Sun at back

Coatlicue de Cozcatlan

Stone statues

Xiucoatl

Templo Mayor

Sacred building

of Tenochtitlan

Tlaltecuhtli del Metro

Ciudad de Mexico

Eagle warrior & other animal figures

Coatlicue

Ciudad de Mexico

Cultruas d la Costa del Golfo exhibition

Lapida de Huilocintla

burial organs in pot

Diosa Cihuateteo

Cabeza Colosal, 1200-600 AD

Poblamiento de America

Migration of America

A model of how people live at prehistorical time

A model of people hunted

elephant in prehistorical time

The National Museum of Anthropology had many wonderful exhibitions. The temporary Maya exhibition had many amazing artifacts. It included clay statues made by the Mayans, and even some gruesome details about how they decorated themselves. Did you know they sometimes made designs by making small holes in their skin, inserting little bits of debris, and letting it heal? The tools they used were very advanced for their time.

The Teotihuacan exhibit in the National Museum of Anthropology was also very nice. It had many clay artifacts and such from the actual pyramids, and even a part of the Temple of the Feathered Serpent still in almost perfect color! A video was played beside the part of the temple. Many pieces and tools made of the prized obsidian from Teotihuacan were displayed. The skeletons of human sacrifices were displayed besides the pyramid. This exhibit was very great.

Castilo de Chapultepec - Museo Nacional de Historia

The castle, also the museum

Today was a fabulous day! The Templo Mayor is something very intriguing if you try to study it more. The National Palace was a splendorous museum. The National Palace of Fine Arts has many excellent paintings. The National Museum of Anthropology has many things. I wish I could visit these places again.