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Museo Nacional de Antropología/Etnología

Offbeat anthropological museum

Sala Orígenes del Museo

Once a slightly offbeat and rather eccentric museum based on the personal collection of Pedro González Velasco, the National Anthropology and Ethnography collection has recently been updated and its exhibits reorganised with the removal of the many of the human remains that were once on show.

The museum collections are divided up by continent and cover some of the cultures encountered by Spanish explorers and colonists, with exhibits including shrunken skulls from the Canary Islands and ceremonial masks from Asia.

The museum often hosts interesting temporary exhibitions.

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C/Alfonso XII 68

Open: Tues–Sat 9.30am–8pm, Sun 10am–3pm

Entry: €3, free Sat after 2pm & Sun. Under-18s, students and over-65s all free.

Closed: Jan 1st & 6th, May 1st, Dec 24th, 25th & 31st.

Museo Nacional de Antropología/Etnología

Metro Estación del Arte or Atocha Renfe

Paseo del Arte & Retiro Sights

Text © Patrick López

Image by Emilio