From idols to antiquity : forging the National Museum of Mexico /

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"From Idols to Antiquity explores the origins and tumultuous development of the National Museum of Mexico and the complicated histories of Mexican antiquities during the first half of the nineteenth century. Following independence from Spain, the National Museum of Mexico was founded in 1825 by...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Achim, Miruna (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2017]
Series:Mexican experience.
Subjects:
Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnografía (Mexico) > History.
Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnografía (Mexico)
HISTORY > Latin America > Mexico.
Antiquities > Collection and preservation
Mexico > Antiquities > Collection and preservation.
Mexique > Antiquités > Collections et conservation.
Mexico
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Genealogies
  • Measures of worth
  • Collecting the ruins of Palenque
  • Modes of display
  • José Fernando Ramírez, keeper of the archive
  • Whose museum?

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