We are watching the weather forecasts from afar and hoping that everyone has plenty of supplies on hand and that the heat stays on through the coldest temperatures. We worry about trees or large limbs falling on our house, but there isn’t much we can do from here, so we’ll carry on with our explorations of Mexico City.
Yesterday we walked 20 minutes to the Museo National de Anthropologia. Our guide book describes it as having “one of the finest archeological collections in the world.” There are an enormous number of artifacts in this museum. We spent most of the day here, and there’s still more to see .
As you enter the museum, there is an impressive multi-media presentation that reviews the pre-Columbian history of Mexico. Once inside, there is a huge courtyard with a giant fountain.
Each one of the twelve salons on the museum’s two floor displays artifacts from a specific region or culture. Labels are mostly in Spanish and dense with details. Objects include statues, jewelry, weapons, figurines, and pottery. Below are a few of them:
Just outside the museum there are small courtyards with objects,
and many pathways with beautiful plants local to the region.
We still have much to see here so we’re off to explore some more. The skies are sunny and the high temperature will be 71 degrees. We picked a good time to be away.