Native Trails MyTrails 2025 100 Ciudad de México 34 Visit of the Anthropological Museum of Mexico City Duration: 02:00 h · Level: Easy The Museo Nacional de Antropología is the most frequented museum in Mexico. It has 12 exhibition halls, each of which is dedicated to a different pre-Columbian civilization of Mexico and which total an area of nearly 80,000-m² (nearly 20-acres). Designed in 1964 by a team led by architect Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, the monumental construction impresses its visitors especially with a mighty pillar in the patio that supports a huge concrete umbrella. Discover the civilizations of the Olmec, Toltec, Aztecs and Maya, among many others. 35 Museum of Modern Art Rufino Tamayo Duration: 02:00 h · Level: Easy The privately financed “Museo Rufino Tamayo,” located very close to the National Museum of Anthropology and Chapultepec Park, is essentially dedicated to the collection of contemporary art that was gathered by Mexican artist Rufino Tamayo and his wife Olga. Marvel at outstanding works by, e.g., Fernand Léger, Robert Motherwell, or Mark Rothko among more than 300 paintings, sculptures, photos, and other works. The development of new forms of art has found expression in the opening of the Cyberlounge, where you can gain insight into electronic art. Rotating exhibitions of contemporaneous artists open the eyes to the current trends in artistic taste in the mega metropolis. 36 The Lucha Libre Mexicana Wrestlers in the Arena Duration: 03:00 h · Level: Easy Accompany us to enjoy the Lucha Libre in the Arena México. The freestyle wrestlers, also called luchadores, are held in high esteem and, apart from their athletic perfection, they will impress you with expressive or even terrifying masks and colorful costumes as well as with a perfect show. Today a professional sport, wrestling as a popular event in Mexico is looking back on a history that began in 1929, when Salvador Lutteroth for the first time watched wrestlers in El Paso, Texas, and took them home to Mexico. 37 Walk through the Chapultepec Park Duration: 02:30 h · Level: Easy You visit the impressive Chapultepec Park. Formerly, the area was completely overgrown with forest and a sacred place of the Aztecs. Today it is a green oasis amidst the capital with old, shady trees, idyllic lakes, a sculpture garden, several museums and monuments (such as the Altar a la Patria in memory of the Niños Héroes), a zoo, and beautiful market stalls. Above the park is the castle, which the Habsburg Emperor Maximilian of Mexico had rebuilt in the style of his Italian villa in 1864. 38 Visit the National Museum of History Duration: 02:00 h · Level: Easy Chapultepec Castle, the only North American castle that was also used as a residence – by Emperor Maximilian I – today houses the National Museum of History. Its rich collections from several centuries include, e.g., clothes, antique furniture, coins, paintings, and countless documents of the Mexican history. The most important exhibits of the latter category you can see here are the declaration of independence of the Mexican Empire of 1821 and the Federal Constitution of 1824. 39 Mexican History in the Museo de Caracol Duration: 01:00 h · Level: Easy In the Museo de Caracol, so named because the building was modeled after a sea snail, you can experience the history of the state of Mexico. The special vividness of its presentation is achieved by a great number of show-cases with detailed reproductions of particular events. You can thus “attend” the promulgation of the constitution of 1824 as well as the entry of Emperor Maximilian in Mexico or the Battle of Celaya during the Mexican Revolution. Interactive displays complete the information.
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