Jennifer arranged a private tour for us to visit the Museo de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) within the Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. Prior to the visit, we had lunch in another famous restaurant Castacán near the museum for great tacos. It has many different types of decorations regarding pigs. Netherness to say, Fei got a lot of Kodak moments there.
We met our guide in front of the Museo de Antropologia. He started with introduction of the Tlaloc Monolith (Aztec rain god status) in the entrance area. It is among the most photographed public artworks in Mexico City. He also challenged us to tell him that this statue is authentic or a replicate. We had different opinions, however, he finally told us that this statue is authentic. In 1963, it was moved to be in front of the National Museum of Anthropology.
Then, he led us to the museum. This monumental building contains exhibition halls surrounding a courtyard with a huge pond and a vast square concrete umbrella supported by a single slender pillar (known as "el paraguas", Spanish for "the umbrella"). It is very impressive and we took many photos right in front of it.
The museum has 23 rooms for exhibits and covers an area of 79,700 square meters (almost 8 hectares) or 857,890 square feet (almost 20 acres). He shown us the most important 3 rooms which are Los Mayas (The Mayans), Culturas de la Costa del Golfo (Gulf Coast Cultures), and Sala Teotihuacan (the hall of the place where gods were created, in Aztec term).
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