Anahuacalli Museum

The Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli (also: Museo Anahuacalli ) is a museum of pre-Columbian art in Mexico City. It goes back to Diego Rivera, whose collection is presented by more than 50,000 objects in it. The process leading to construction and installation of the Museo Anahuacalli began in 1942, in 1963 the building was completed and opened in 1964. The museum building any reception pre-Columbian pyramid architecture. It is managed by the Museum Director Hilda Trujillo Soto.

History

The Museo Diego Rivera Anahuacalli was originally planned by Diego Rivera as a home and place of accommodation to its pre-Columbian collection. In 1942 he purchased land in San Pablo Tepetla, which was still at that time outside in Mexico City. There he had only the foundation of the house without planning permission to build, on March 30, 1944, he then received the approval for the construction of the Museo Anahuacalli. Rivera planned next to the building for his collection, but should combine a complex architecture, painting, dance, music, theater, arts and crafts and ecology. In August 1955 Diego Rivera, the Banco Nacional de México entrusted with the stewardship of his work and of that of Frida Kahlo, next to the trustee took over the management of the Museo Anahuacalli and the Museo Frida Kahlo. As Rivera died in 1957, the museum was still under construction. His daughter Ruth Rivera and the architect Juan O'Gorman monitored the further construction work. The museum was completed in 1963 with the financial support of Dolores Olmedo and opened in 1964.

Architecture

The building any reception pre-Columbian pyramid architecture. It refers to the shape of the Teocalli, a pyramid with an attached temple. The architecture draws on elements that refer to the Teotihuacan culture, the Maya and the Aztecs. The Museo Anhuacalli was integrated into the surrounding landscape. During the planning phase, Diego Rivera was in contact with Frank Lloyd Wright, with whom he discussed the question of how the building could insert into the surrounding nature. The central square was created as a theater. About him there is access to the museum and to a smaller gallery. It was built from the black volcanic rock on which it is located. The Mexican writer Carlos Pellicar wrote about the museum: " The atmosphere of this museum created by its brilliant donor is unequaled anywhere in the world. Its degree of spirituality and beauty makes Anahuacalli to unforgettable museum ... The personal effort and the artistic genius of the collector and his touching generosity, come together in this museum in a monumental fashion. "

Hall upstairs

Roof terrace

Window

Collection

The Museo Anahuacalli includes 50,000 objects large collection that Rivera had time gathered his life and include almost all cultures of pre-Columbian Mexico.

Stone and ceramic works

Ceramics

Ceramics