Museo Nacional de Antropología (Madrid)

The National Museum of Anthropology (Spanish: Museo Nacional de Antropología) is an anthropology museum in Madrid, Spain.

It is considered the oldest of its kind in Spain, formally inaugurated on 29 April 1875, during the reign of Alfonso XII.

It is one of the National Museums of Spain and it is attached to the Ministry of Culture.

The museum is located near the Parque del Buen Retiro and opposite Atocha railway and metro station.

Dr. Pedro González de Velasco promoted his project of a museum of Anatomy and assembled the early collections.

A collection of skulls from the beginnings of the museum.
A Peruvian example of pintura de castas ("caste pictures"), showing a Mestizo as the offspring of Mestizo parents.