Museum of the Americas (Madrid)

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This article is about the Museum of the Americas in Madrid. For other uses, see Museum of the Americas.

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As an institution, the museum was founded in 1941, and in 1962 all the funds were definitively moved to its current premises. The permanent exhibit is divided into five major thematical areas:

  • An awareness of America
  • The reality of America
  • Society
  • Religion
  • Communication

Gallery

  • Ceramic vessel representing a crustacean. Moche culture artwork from Peru.

  • Maya cinerary urn representing solar god Kinich Ahau.

  • Moro helmet, Philippines (M. América, Madrid) 01.jpg

    Bronze helmet of a 16th-century Spanish soldier.

  • Chimú vessel showing a sexual act between men.

  • Helmet and collar representing a wolf. Made of wood, shell and mane in the 18th century by tlingit indigenous people.

  • Artwork from Ancient Peru (400 AC).

See also

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