Description of the attraction
The National Museum of America in Madrid is one of the largest and most significant museums dedicated to the history and development of the Americas. The museum was opened on April 19, 1941. Since 1962, the museum has been housed in a building designed by architects Luis Moya Blanco and Luis Martinez Feduchi. The facades of the building can be attributed to the architectural style of historicism (eclecticism), and the cozy inner courtyard of the museum with covered galleries with its architecture resembles a cloister.
Visiting the Museum of America, you seem to be transported to another continent for a while. And this is not surprising. Everyone knows that Spain for a long time dominated the territories of Central and South America, therefore the Museum of America has a rich collection of exhibits from the American continents, numbering 25 thousand samples. The museum presents to your attention collections covering an incredibly long time period - from ancient times to the present day. The main collection is presented in five sections: knowledge about America, reality of America, Religion, Society, Communication. A visit to the museum will allow you to touch the history of the ancient civilizations of the Aztecs, Incas, Maya, get acquainted with their life, customs, traditions, culture. Here you can see various evidence of the life of these tribes: gold products, as well as tribal relics, dishes, clothes, jewelry, figurines of gods, and other items brought to Spain by the conquistadors.
