Museo Nacional de Antropología | |
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Established | 1875 |
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Location | Madrid, Spain |
Coordinates | 40°24′27.698″N 3°41′20.310″W / 40.40769389°N 3.68897500°W |
Type | Archaeological and ethnographic |
Public transit access | Atocha station |
Website | mnantropologia.mcu.es |
Official name | Museo Nacional de Antropología |
Type | Non-movable |
Criteria | Monument |
Designated | 1962 |
Reference no. | RI-51-0001384 |
The National Museum of Anthropology ( Spanish: Museo Nacional de Antropología) is a national museum of Spain, located in Madrid near the Parque del Buen Retiro and opposite Atocha railway and metro station. It is considered the oldest anthropology museum in Spain, formally inaugurated on April 29, 1875, during the reign of Alfonso XII.
Dr Pedro González de Velasco promoted his project of a museum of Anatomy and assembled the early collections. The focus later passed from physical to cultural anthropology.
Each of its three floors is dedicated to a different subject:
A lecture hall allows performances of traditional music and dances and lectures.