Dr Pedro González de Velasco promoted his project of a museum of Anatomy and assembled the early collections. The focus later passed from physical to cultural anthropology.
Structureedit
Each of its three floors is dedicated to a different subject:
A collection of skulls from the beginnings of the museum.
Ground floor. The Asia hall, devoting a special attention to the culture of the Philippines, a Spanish colony until 1898, with many items taken from an 1885 exposition in nearby Retiro Park. It also dedicates side rooms to temporary exhibitions and a cabinet of curiosities giving an impression of the early exhibitions including a plaster cast and the skeleton of the "Extremaduran Giant" (Agustín Luengo Capilla), and statues and plaster casts of several racial types.
First floor. The Africa hall, with a prominent representation of the culture of Equatorial Guinea, a Spanish colony until 1959.
A Peruvian example of pintura de castas ("caste pictures"), showing a Mestizo as the offspring of Mestizo parents.
museo, nacional, antropología, madrid, national, museum, anthropology, spanish, museo, nacional, antropología, national, museum, spain, located, madrid, near, parque, buen, retiro, opposite, atocha, railway, metro, station, considered, oldest, anthropology, mu. The National Museum of Anthropology Spanish Museo Nacional de Antropologia is a national museum of Spain located in Madrid near the Parque del Buen Retiro and opposite Atocha railway and metro station It is considered the oldest anthropology museum in Spain formally inaugurated on April 29 1875 during the reign of Alfonso XII National Museum of AnthropologyMuseo Nacional de AntropologiaMuseum s main facadeInteractive fullscreen mapEstablished1875LocationMadrid SpainCoordinates40 24 27 698 N 3 41 20 310 W 40 40769389 N 3 68897500 W 40 40769389 3 68897500TypeArchaeological and ethnographicPublic transit accessAtocha stationWebsitemnantropologia mcu esSpanish Cultural HeritageOfficial nameMuseo Nacional de AntropologiaTypeNon movableCriteriaMonumentDesignated1962Reference no RI 51 0001384 Contents 1 History 2 Structure 3 References 4 External linksHistory editDr Pedro Gonzalez de Velasco promoted his project of a museum of Anatomy and assembled the early collections The focus later passed from physical to cultural anthropology Structure editEach of its three floors is dedicated to a different subject nbsp A collection of skulls from the beginnings of the museum Ground floor The Asia hall devoting a special attention to the culture of the Philippines a Spanish colony until 1898 with many items taken from an 1885 exposition in nearby Retiro Park It also dedicates side rooms to temporary exhibitions and a cabinet of curiosities giving an impression of the early exhibitions including a plaster cast and the skeleton of the Extremaduran Giant Agustin Luengo Capilla and statues and plaster casts of several racial types First floor The Africa hall with a prominent representation of the culture of Equatorial Guinea a Spanish colony until 1959 nbsp A Peruvian example of pintura de castas caste pictures showing a Mestizo as the offspring of Mestizo parents Second floor The Americas hall covering indigenous peoples of the Americas with items like Jivaro reduced heads Andean Carnival masks and Inuit sun goggles A lecture hall allows performances of traditional music and dances and lectures References editExternal links editOfficial website Museo Nacional de Antropologia Google Arts amp Culture nbsp Media related to Museo Nacional de Antropologia Espana at Wikimedia Commons nbsp nbsp This article about a museum in Spain or its islands is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Museo Nacional de Antropologia Madrid amp oldid 1181028898, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
