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Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Anthropology Museum
Phone:
+52 228 815 0920

Address:
Lomas de San Roque, Xalapa, Mexico

The Museo de Antropología de Xalapa is an anthropological museum in the city of Xalapa, in the state of Veracruz in eastern Mexico. The building was designed by the architect Edward Durrell Stone and opened in 1986. The museum houses the largest collection of artifacts from Mexican Gulf Coast cultures such as the Olmec, the Huastec and the Totonac with more than 25,000 pieces. The most notable pieces in the museum are the giant Olmec heads and the smaller Totonac ones, which are called caritas sonrientes in Spanish. The museum also contains a 40,000-square-meter garden. Some of the pieces in the museum date back to the Early Pre-Classic Period from 1300 BC to 900 BC. Architect. Arq. Sergio Mejia Ontiveros
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