The National Museum of Anthropology in Spain is in Madrid, near the Parque del Retiro, Alfonso XII street, corner Paseo de la Infanta Isabel, and it is a museum dedicated to provide an overview of the different cultures in the planet, with objects and human remains from around the world, those of Spain itself, as the Guanche mummy of Tenerife, and from Africa, the Philippines and Latin America, such as reduced human heads from Ecuador. It was created in 1875 and inaugurated on April 29 by King Alfonso XII (as indicated by a plaque located inside the entrance).
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This is a museum with three floors, each dedicated to a region specialized form. The ground floor rooms are devoted to the history of the museum with the bust of Dr. Velarde, exposed mummies, bones of a giant and a museum of skulls displayed in showcases. The second floor contains Africa (mainly exhibits cultures from Morocco, Western Sahara and Equatorial Guinea) by theme, musical instruments, religions, food gathering, etc.. The third and last room is devoted to America. In one of its rooms presents a Guanche mummy from Tenerife, this mummy is now claimed by the island after a few years ago made a law in the Canary Islands to return to heritage museums canary islands.
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