Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Museum of Anthropology / D.F.

I've been exploring Mexico City for a few days and I got the chance to go to the famous Museum of Anthropology. I got to Mexico City of Saturday evening, but I was way too tired to do anything but visit the monument by my hostel and explore the area around my hostel.

So I decided Sunday was the day to visit the museum (most things are closed on Mondays). The bus stop was really close to the hostel, but it was a sort of "bike / roller skate day" so some of the streets were closed off to cars. I had to walk a few blocks, but I eventually found the bus I needed to take. 

The museum is located in the first section of Chapultepec, which is one of the largest city parks on this side of the hemisphere. I explored the museum for probably 3 hours! There's a lot to see in there. There are so many interesting and amazing artifacts from the Aztecs, Mayans, Olmecs and so many more natives North and Central America.

Here are just a few pictures that I took:



The Sun Stone

The Aztecs played "The Ball Game"

A sculpture by the Aztecs of a drunkard. 

Mayan Architecture 



Olmec Stone Head