MNA: National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico

The National Museum of Anthropology is located in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City, United States of Mexico. It is the largest museum in Mexico and the largest museum in Latin America. Established in 1825, its predecessor was the National Museum of Mexico, which was formed by the merger of the Institute of Cultural Relics Protection and the Natural History Cultural Relics Bureau of the Royal University of Mexico. On September 17, 1964, the new building was completed and opened in Chapultepec Park, designed by Mexican design master Pedro Ramirez Basques

The museum has a collection of approximately 600000 items, with exhibits mainly featuring important archaeological, anthropological, and cultural heritage from Mexico and Central America before the Age of Discovery. Important collections include solar calendar stones, wrestlers, hummingbird cups, and youth statues from the Aztecs

There are a total of 22 exhibition halls and 1 temporary exhibition hall. The 12 exhibition halls on the first floor showcase tens of thousands of archaeological artifacts, including the Anthropology Introduction Hall, Central America Hall, Origin Hall, etc. Through various cultural relics and materials, they provide detailed displays of anthropology, Mexican cultural origins, as well as the ethnic, artistic, religious, and living objects of ancient Native Americans; There are 10 exhibition halls on the second floor, mainly corresponding to the ethnographic exhibitions on the first floor, focusing on showcasing the culture, art, life, and religion of various ethnic groups in Mexico in a thematic form; The temporary exhibition hall is dedicated to showcasing exquisite cultural relics from foreign museums

The exhibition area is divided into two levels, presenting a courtyard style layout, and its architecture integrates traditional Indian style with modern art. There is a "Rain God" carved from a large stone at the entrance of the museum, which is 8.5 meters high and weighs 168 tons. The stone outer wall is carved with primitive patterns from the Indian civilization period, and there is a huge umbrella shaped fountain in the central courtyard, with a pillar decorated with an Indian totem standing in the water curtain