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National Anthropology Museum Tour: Explore Mexico's Largest and Most Visited Museum
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687 Ratings
Ciudad de México
Embark on a virtual tour of Mexico's National Anthropology Museum, the largest and most visited museum in the country. Discover the rich cultural heritage of the Mexicas, Mayas, Toltecas, and more through their pre-hispanic artifacts.
Duration:
2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Museo Nacional de Antropologia - The museum represents a remarkable combination of ideological, scientific, and political achievements.\n\nThe museum’s exhibits feature the Sun Stone, colossal Olmec heads discovered in the jungles of Tabasco and Veracruz, artifacts unearthed from the Mayan civilization at the Sacred Cenote in Chichen Itza, and more. It also showcases a detailed replica of the layout of Tenochtitlan, the ancient Aztec capital, which now lies beneath the central part of present-day Mexico City.\n\nThe ground floor’s permanent displays encompass the entire range of pre-Columbian societies that existed on what is now Mexican soil, as well as areas that were once part of Mexico but are currently in the southwestern United States.\n\nIn addition, the museum organizes temporary exhibitions that often highlight the major cultures of the world.
What's Included
- Professional guide
- Entrance to National Museum of Anthropology
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
Additional Information
The Anthropology National Museum holds the title as Mexico’s grandest and most frequented museum.
Situated in Latin America, this significant structure houses pre-hispanic evidences from Mexicas, Mayas, Toltecas, amongst others, encapsulating Mexico’s diverse culture as it evolved through time.
Symbolizing indigenous Mexican legacy, the Museum of Anthropology is recognized for its role in preserving cultural heritage and educating those eager to discover their cultural roots.
Admire its groundbreaking architecture, enigmatic art, and meaningful symbolism that contribute to its globally acknowledged reputation.
Within its confines, you will find an impressive array of pre-hispanic relics originating from different regions of the country, epitomizing the many cultures that prospered in what is now known as Mexico.
- It is not allowed to enter with food, drinks or backpacks. Only a handbag is allowed
Location
Museo Nacional de Antropología
Avenida Paseo de la Reforma
The flagpole in front of the main entrance of the Museum at 08:50 a.m.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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Nicholas_m
Jun 27, 2024
SO Impressive! - Our guide, Alicia was excellent. Extremely knowledgeable & passionate about the history and symbolism behind the magnificent artifacts she highlighted, and of course the people and societies that birthed them. In addition she seemed to have a strong connection to many of exhibits/pieces & a great sense of humor which made it a personal and fun experience as well! We learned so much and can’t recommend her enough.
The museum is HUGE (impossible to see it all in any meaningful way in one day..or even a few!) and many of the plaques are in Spanish only so having a guide helped us contextualize what we were looking at and get a depth & breath of knowledge/experience without feeling overwhelmed.
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Bryan_s
Jun 26, 2024
Go Alice! - Alice did a great job as my tour guide. She was both friendly and professional. It helped that she had a sense of humor
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Jack_d
Jun 23, 2024
Having a good tour guide helps to understand the many items items in the museum - I took this same tour last summer and enjoyed it. This tour with the tour guide, Lily, was exceptional. I have a greater understanding of the history and interactions of various people's and the effect of the conquest. The tour guide provided context and connect relationships using artifacts and maps in the Anthropology Museum. Highly recommend
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Dianam_m
Jun 21, 2024
Emanuel tour with the Vincent Family - Emanuel was amazing during our tour. He took the time to explain many historical information during g our visit. Answered all questions asked.
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Nitin_j
Jun 16, 2024
Excellent guided tour - Andreas’ commentary was very informative. Most of the exhibits are in Spanish. Without a guided tour in English, I wouldn’t have appreciated the cultural heritage of Mexico.
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Armrod
Jun 16, 2024
Awesome! - Awesome! Beautiful fascinating museum. Lives up to its reputation! Having a great guide like Alicia by your side is so much better!
Highly recommended!
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Karen_v
Jun 13, 2024
Impactful tour experience with gifted guide - The museum is regarded to be among the world's best, but the size and depth of the collection was intimidating to us. Our guide, a former university teacher, made the experience deeply impressionable and impactful. She was engaging, thoughtful, passionate, proud and knowledgeable. We learned so much more than we could have on our own - highly recommend.
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Larethaj
Jun 13, 2024
Museum trip was more interesting with a guide! - Alexa is a very informative and professional guide. My only suggestion would be to spend less time in some rooms so we have enough time to get to all the rooms at least on the first floor.
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Review717
Jun 15, 2024
An excellent way to take full advantage of the museum visit. - Alexa was our guide and she was very knowledgeable! We left the tour feeling that we had learned important highlights from a museum that otherwise would have been fairly intimidating to tackle alone. Alexa also shared with us some personal perspectives on how she views her culture, and I really appreciated that.
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Melanie_m
Jun 25, 2024
Rude lady guide - Our tour guide was stand off"ish". She was upset we arrived a little late, we texted her , no one responded. Anyhow when we arrived, they were still organizing and we're still at ticket counter. We missed nothing. We arrived and she snapped saying" now I need to go back and buy 2 more tickets!". The ticket machine was literally behind her and it took 2 minutes for her to buy it. We apologized. Though we had left early enough from hotel.... No idea about how looking Mexico city traffic gets. Anyhow, the are other ways to act when folks are paying you. If we couldn't make it a simple" sorry you can no longer attend this tour" would have been understandable and we would've moved on, but the attitude! And also saying" my friends " every other word during the tour is not a war to earn a better tip. It got really annoying!
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