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National Museum of Anthropology
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The National Museum of Anthropology is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico.
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C. de Alfonso XII, 3, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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C. de Sta. Isabel, 52, Centro, 28012 Madrid, Spain
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Museo Nacional del Prado
Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
Replica of the Fountain of the Artichoke
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P.º de la Infanta Isabel, 5, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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P.º de la Infanta Isabel, 15, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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P.º de la Infanta Isabel, 13, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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P.º de la Infanta Isabel, 13, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
Bar El Brillante
Pl. del Emperador Carlos V, 8, Centro, 28012 Madrid, Spain
Piazza Castello - pizzeria, trattoria, bar
P.º de la Infanta Isabel, 23, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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C. de Méndez Álvaro, 6, Arganzuela, 28045 Madrid, Spain
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National Museum of Anthropology

C. de Alfonso XII, 68, Retiro, 28014 Madrid, Spain
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The National Museum of Anthropology is a national museum of Mexico. It is the largest and most visited museum in Mexico.

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attractions: Royal Observatory of Madrid, Real Jardín Botánico, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Atocha Tropical Garden, Greenhouse Atocha, IKONO, CaixaForum Madrid, Monumento a Pío Baroja, Museo Nacional del Prado, Replica of the Fountain of the Artichoke, restaurants: Restaurante LA GLORIA, Cafe San Ildefonso, Sép7ima, Restaurante Trotamundos, Bar El Brillante, Piazza Castello - pizzeria, trattoria, bar, Restaurante Asturias, Arrocería, Scarlett Atocha - Reina Sofía | Specialty Coffee • Real Food, Arzábal | Reina Sofia Museum
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EDIT: For anyone outraged on here moaning about the display of shrunken heads and American Indian headdresses … 1) Not everything in museums today is stolen from indigenous people, or treated with disrespect by museum curators. 2)New WOKE outrage since the Biden/Trudeau Posse arguably stole their way to power - doesn’t give legitimacy to BLM plundering of Western owned possessions. 3) Legitimate trade and barter has been going on between different tribes for centuries … just because something suddenly increases in value, doesn’t give the indigenous sellers of their cultural heritage the ‘right’ to play the Race Card and force the new owner to hand it over … by claiming it was ‘stolen’ … unless proof from direct witnesses, that stands up in a Court of Law (not rumour or hearsay) … can prove theft. 4) Even then, indigenous tribes can petition to buy it back … for a commensurate modern day valuation … but only if the current owner wants to sell at an agreed price … and the value of conservation costs and safe storage are added to the price, will the item be returned on agreement.

  1. Some people need to wake up and recognise culture is respected and preserved in museums where conservation and expertise in such preservation is paramount and sharing and education is a priority
  2. Some indigenous tribal people wrapped up by spiritual obsession … sometimes miss the point of preserving important artefacts for wider knowledge.… They seem happy to bury important objects to rot in the ground rather than have them serve the interests of the tribe sometimes hundreds of years later and many miles away… giving their tribe significance and power in the wider World. Something the MSM narratives never seem to mention or understand.

Take the body of Ortzi … the iceman found on the Italian border ….who today can speak for his true spirit and desires?? … no one can … not even those living in the same valley/region today who share his genetic fingerprint. He might be looking down now and be delighted how many bored, ignorant tourists are being educated by learning how he lived, died, dressed, hunted, ate and tattooed himself. Ortzi never got such attention in his lifetime, when in his physical body … why bury him now to rot and be forgotten in a few years time? … Shrunken heads and bodies being reburied don’t necessarily put spirits to rest … most spirits have transitioned. 6) These protesters are often seeking attention, by pretending they know how a spirit feels…. 🙄 6) It’s also important not to whitewash the crimes of indigenous tribes and their racism … that head-hunted and scalped white folks for hundreds of years … what about compensation for those murders? Will the ancestors of these people be entitled to get their scalps back … reparations. … And what about all the handouts … is it time to give all European donations back?? Once you start on this slippery track … you will need to give parity to counter claims.

It’s slight hypocrisy to hear certain people across The Pond criticise European museum curators on ethics when they’re celebrating Ukraine Nazis applauded by Trudeau Parliamentarians. … and their religious factions were involved in ethnic and cultural cleansing of indigenous Indian tribes across the schools programmes of Canada and America for...

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Das Nationalmuseum für Anthropologie in Madrid wirkt auf den ersten Blick wie ein überraschend unauffälliges Gebäude im Herzen der Stadt. Es liegt an der belebten Calle de Alfonso XII, direkt gegenüber dem grünen, weitläufigen Parque del Retiro, dessen Bäume die Straßen mit einem sanften Schatten überziehen. Das Gebäude selbst strahlt eine ruhige, würdige Präsenz aus – eine Mischung aus klassischem Stil und funktionaler Eleganz, die perfekt zu seiner Mission passt: die Vielfalt der menschlichen Kulturen zu erforschen und zu bewahren.

Das Museum wurde im 19. Jahrhundert gegründet und war eines der ersten seiner Art in Spanien, ein Pionier in der Erforschung und Ausstellung der ethnischen Vielfalt der Welt. Ursprünglich hatte König Alfonso XII. die Idee, ein solches Museum zu gründen, um das Verständnis und die Toleranz zwischen Kulturen zu fördern.

Beim Betreten des Museums umfängt mich eine Atmosphäre von Entdeckung. Der Innenraum ist schlicht, aber warm, mit hohen Decken und weitläufigen Galerien, die dazu einladen, in die Geschichten anderer Kulturen einzutauchen. Es gibt etwas Zeitloses an diesem Ort – als ob die Artefakte hier nicht nur Dinge aus der Vergangenheit sind, sondern lebendige Zeugen von Menschen, die einst lebten, lachten, arbeiteten und träumten.

Der erste Saal zieht mich sofort in den Bann. Hier thront eine beeindruckende Riesenstatue aus Mikronesien, mit kräftigen, groben Linien und einem Ausdruck, der gleichzeitig majestätisch und geheimnisvoll wirkt. Neben ihr hängen Masken aus Westafrika, deren leuchtende Farben und komplizierte Muster Geschichten von Ritualen und Festen erzählen. Alles ist mit einer ruhigen Würde präsentiert, ohne zu überfordern. Es ist, als würde man in einem Raum voller Persönlichkeiten stehen, jede bereit, ihre Geschichte zu flüstern, wenn man sich die Zeit nimmt, zuzuhören.

Weiter hinten entdecke ich eine Sammlung von Objekten aus Amerika: Werkzeuge der Inka, Federschmuck aus dem Amazonasgebiet, Keramik der Maya. Die Vitrinen scheinen zu sagen: „Schau hin, dies war der Alltag von Menschen, deren Welt wir oft nur durch Mythen und Legenden kennen.“ Es ist faszinierend zu sehen, wie vertraut und doch anders diese Gegenstände wirken – ein Beweis dafür, dass die Menschheit überall ähnlich ist, selbst wenn sie unterschiedliche Wege einschlägt.

Im oberen Stockwerk entdecke ich eine Ausstellung über den spanischen Ethnologen Pedro González Velasco, der dieses Museum ursprünglich mitbegründete. Ein Abschnitt ist seinem Leben gewidmet, und hier kommt ein wenig Exzentrik ins Spiel. González Velasco war nicht nur ein engagierter Wissenschaftler, sondern auch ein Sammler mit einem fast obsessiven Drang, die Welt zu katalogisieren. Es gibt sogar Geschichten, dass er seine Sammlung so sehr liebte, dass er bereit war, alles – buchstäblich alles – für das Museum zu geben, einschließlich persönlicher Gegenstände und sogar Kuriositäten wie medizinische Präparate aus seiner Zeit als Arzt.

Das Museum hat auch eine ruhige, fast kontemplative Qualität. Die Räume sind hell, und große Fenster lassen das Tageslicht herein, während draußen das Grün des Retiro-Parks wie ein lebendiges Gemälde erscheint. Die Geräusche der Stadt sind weit entfernt, und es fühlt sich an, als ob die Welt hier für einen Moment stillsteht, damit man sich auf die Geschichten der Menschen und Kulturen konzentrieren kann.

Draußen, vor dem Museum, pulsiert Madrid wie immer. Der Verkehr rauscht vorbei, Menschen flanieren auf dem Weg in den Park oder zu einem der nahegelegenen Cafés. Doch das Museum bleibt ein Ort des Kontrasts – ein Ort, an dem die Vergangenheit und die Vielfalt der Menschheit gewürdigt werden, während die moderne Stadt um es herum weiterlebt. Ich bleibe einen Moment stehen, schaue zurück auf das schlichte, aber kraftvolle Gebäude, und denke: Dies ist nicht nur ein Ort, um Kulturen zu studieren, sondern ein Ort, um zu verstehen, was es bedeutet, Mensch zu sein.

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Fuimos un sábado sobre las seis, no había cola, entramos directamente y empezó lo que ha sido la peor experiencia museística de mi vida y mira que no he ido a pocos museos. Fui con mi sobrina de 9 años, con la que ya había ido previamente a otros museos y siempre habían sido visitas súper enriquecedoras para ambas. Es un museo pequeño, donde esperas una visita un poco más íntima, familiar, e “ideal para niños” como puedes encontrar en google al buscar el museo. Todo lo contrario, un personal poco dispuesto a la ayuda o interacción y con un trato bastante desagradable, rozando la falta de respeto al tratarse de un niña de 9 años con la que estaban hablando. Se ha producido una situación muy desagradable cuando en la última planta, América, mi sobrina al acercarse a las vitrinas se dio un golpe en la frente, hecho que es la primera vez que la pasa y que a todos en algún momento nos ha pasado o nos puede pasar, tanto su tío como yo la revisábamos el golpe y la advertimos de que había que tener cuidado porque son objetos muy delicados que hay que tratar con cuidado. En ese momento la vigilante de sala, intuyo, se acercó para regañar a la niña porque podía a ver dañado la vitrina o provocar que saltase la alarma, sobra añadir que la vitrina estaba perfectamente, y que era la niña quien tenía la frente un poco roja a causa del golpe, y que por real que pueda ser, me costaría pensar que por un golpe del calibre de que se haya dado una niña de 9 años en la frente pudiera saltar. Hemos continuado nuestra visita la mar de incómodos, sobre todo ella, que ha pedido irse, algo que nunca había sucedido, porque la vigilante no paraba de mirarnos y acercarse donde estábamos, al ser un espacio tan reducido donde había tan pocas personas y tras lo sucedido era algo violenta la situación. Estando finalizando nuestra visita, la niña más animada quiso volver a acercarse a una vitrina para mirar y tocó con la mano la parte de abajo de la vitrina, que ya no era cristal, era mueble, en ese momento la vigilante volvía con formas poco agradables y se agachaba hacia la niña diciéndola “es que no entiendes español” con un tono que dejaba mucho que desear y que habla mucho sobre tu forma de tratar al público, cuando durante toda la visita nos había visto interactuar con ella en español, nuestro idioma materno. En este punto su tío, mi pareja, decide intervenir para comentar nuestro malestar de que esté actuando así frente a una niña, una conversación poco agradable y adecuada, la cual ha terminado con una sugerencia no implícita de que quizá un museo no es lugar para un niña. Los niños son el futuro del país, y entiendo que no todos los lugares son apropiados para ellos, pero creo que con 9 años y por iniciativa propia que visiten museos, siempre con adultos supervisándolos es un aspecto muy positivo y educativo para ellos. Algo que con encuentros así hacen que se alejen más si cabe de ellos. Soy estudiante de cuarto de grado universitario y el motivo de la visita era utilizarlo para hacer un trabajo sobre museos, pero dada esta experiencia tan desagradable, visitaré otros museos, donde haya un personal más predispuesto a un trato agradable a la altura de lo que esperas de una persona con cierto nivel de cultura...

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Watch & Save the reel 📌 for all the FREE museums in Madrid 🇪🇸. *In most cases you have to book on the website (you access as if you were going to buy the ticket but you choose the free timetable). Museo del Prado ~ Free from Monday to Saturday from 18:00 to 20:00. Sundays and public holidays from 17:00 to 19:00. Museo Reina Sofía ~ Free on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 19:00 to 21:00. Sundays from 12:30 to 14:30. Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza ~ Free every Monday of the year from 12:00 to 14:00. Chamberí Museum Station ~ Free admission every opening day. Thursdays from 10:00 to 14:00, Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 19:00 and Sundays from 10:00 to 15:00. Royal Palace of Madrid ~ Free opening hours Monday to Thursday from 17:00 to 19:00 h. (16:00 to 18:00 in winter). Others: Archaeological Museum, National Museum of Anthropology, CaixaForum Madrid, ICO Museum, Museum of Romanticism, Sorolla Museum, Temple of Debod... #numastays #madrid #museosdemadrid #museum #exploremadrid #spain🇪🇸
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I arrived this morning right at about 11am and was let in free. But the cost of €3 (read in another review below) is will worth your time to see the exhibits on display here. Wow! Spain has definitely made their historical mark on the world. Ground floor is Asia (mostly Philippines). First floor is Africa. Second floor is Americas. This museum is a great reminder how much influence Spain has had throughout the years of history following their glory years of exploration and colonization. You can probably get through this museum within an hour if you really rush. Two hours is more appropriate to see and appreciate everything. I went through in about 90 minutes or so and really feel enlightened by everything I saw and read. I snapped some pictures, but they don't really do justice, so make sure you go if you can carve out time. It's well worth it.
Anna F (That Ginger Anna)Anna F (That Ginger Anna)
I was pleasantly surprised by the Filipino and Marianas exhibits. The Filipino portrait exhibit was really illuminating and the historical background in the Marianas Islands exhibit was very comprehensive and the graphics and copy where very well done. I was sorry to see some of the areas of the museum were closed but these exhibits along with the African and American galleries were very intriguing and educational. For only €3 it was definitely worth it and the perfect activity for a rainy day.
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Watch & Save the reel 📌 for all the FREE museums in Madrid 🇪🇸. *In most cases you have to book on the website (you access as if you were going to buy the ticket but you choose the free timetable). Museo del Prado ~ Free from Monday to Saturday from 18:00 to 20:00. Sundays and public holidays from 17:00 to 19:00. Museo Reina Sofía ~ Free on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays from 19:00 to 21:00. Sundays from 12:30 to 14:30. Museo Thyssen - Bornemisza ~ Free every Monday of the year from 12:00 to 14:00. Chamberí Museum Station ~ Free admission every opening day. Thursdays from 10:00 to 14:00, Fridays and Saturdays from 10:00 to 19:00 and Sundays from 10:00 to 15:00. Royal Palace of Madrid ~ Free opening hours Monday to Thursday from 17:00 to 19:00 h. (16:00 to 18:00 in winter). Others: Archaeological Museum, National Museum of Anthropology, CaixaForum Madrid, ICO Museum, Museum of Romanticism, Sorolla Museum, Temple of Debod... #numastays #madrid #museosdemadrid #museum #exploremadrid #spain🇪🇸
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I arrived this morning right at about 11am and was let in free. But the cost of €3 (read in another review below) is will worth your time to see the exhibits on display here. Wow! Spain has definitely made their historical mark on the world. Ground floor is Asia (mostly Philippines). First floor is Africa. Second floor is Americas. This museum is a great reminder how much influence Spain has had throughout the years of history following their glory years of exploration and colonization. You can probably get through this museum within an hour if you really rush. Two hours is more appropriate to see and appreciate everything. I went through in about 90 minutes or so and really feel enlightened by everything I saw and read. I snapped some pictures, but they don't really do justice, so make sure you go if you can carve out time. It's well worth it.
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I was pleasantly surprised by the Filipino and Marianas exhibits. The Filipino portrait exhibit was really illuminating and the historical background in the Marianas Islands exhibit was very comprehensive and the graphics and copy where very well done. I was sorry to see some of the areas of the museum were closed but these exhibits along with the African and American galleries were very intriguing and educational. For only €3 it was definitely worth it and the perfect activity for a rainy day.
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