Dioses mesoamericanos II
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Dates
July 3–25, 2026
Location
Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City
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A four-session Saturday course at Mexico City's Museo Nacional de Antropología exploring the iconography and mythology of Mesoamerican deities. Sessions cover the Fat God, Tezcatlipoca, Huitzilopochtli, and Tarascan deities, delivered by curators and researchers from the museum's archaeology and cultural heritage divisions. The course is free and open to the public, held in the Auditorio Fray Bernardino de Sahagún on successive Saturdays in July 2026.
Agenda
Sesión 1 – Sábado 4 de julio
- 10:00–13:00 h – Introducción a los Dioses Mesoamericanos. Dios Gordo — Arqlgo. Edgar A. Rosales de la Rosa
Sesión 2 – Sábado 11 de julio
- 10:00–13:00 h – Tezcatlipoca — Lic. Eduardo Galván
Sesión 3 – Sábado 18 de julio
- 10:00–13:00 h – Huitzilopochtli — Mtra. Ma. del Carmen Cortés Sánchez
Sesión 4 – Sábado 25 de julio
- 10:00–13:00 h – Los dioses tarascos — Dr. Eliseo F. Padilla Gutiérrez
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Museo Nacional de Antropología
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The Museo Nacional de Antropología (National Museum of Anthropology) in Mexico City is the largest museum in Mexico and one of the most important anthropological collections in the world. Inaugurated on September 17, 1964, it has for more than five decades fulfilled the mission of researching, conserving, exhibiting, and disseminating the country's most important archaeological and ethnographic collections. With 45,000 square metres of construction, 11 archaeological halls, and 5 ethnographic halls, the museum preserves the testimonies of multiple cultural groups across hundreds of years of history—from the Mexica and Maya to contemporary Indigenous peoples—while serving as a space for reflection on Mexico's rich multicultural heritage.
