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Museo de América

Museum of the Americas
Museo de América
Museo de América de Madrid - 01.jpg
Museum's building
Established 1941
Location Madrid, Spain
Coordinates 40°26′17″N 3°43′19″W / 40.438131°N 3.722069°W / 40.438131; -3.722069
Type Artistic, archaeological and ethnographic
Website museodeamerica.mcu.es
Museum of the Americas
Native name
Spanish: Museo de América
Museo de América (Madrid) 03.jpg
Location Madrid, Spain
Official name: Museo de América
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1962
Reference no. RI-51-0001378
Museum of the Americas (Madrid) is located in Spain
Museum of the Americas (Madrid)
Location of Museum of the Americas in Spain

The Museum of America (Spanish: Museo de América) in Madrid (Spain) is a National museum that holds artistic, archaeological and ethnographic collections from the whole American continent, 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:

Ceramic vessel representing a crustacean. Moche culture artwork from Peru.

Maya cinerary urn representing solar god Kinich Ahau.

Bronze helmet of a 16th-century Spanish soldier.

Chimú vessel showing a sexual act between men.

Helmet and collar representing a wolf. Made of wood, shell and mane in the 18th century by tlingit indigenous people.

Artwork from Ancient Peru (400 AC).



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