The National Museum of Anthropology is located in the area between Calle De la Reforma and Calle Mahatma Gandhi in Chapultepec Park in Mexico City. It contains numerous archaeological and anthropological finds from before Columbus came to Mexico, such as the Piedra del Sol ( Stone of the Sun , misidentified as the Aztec calendar).
The museum was created in 1963 by Pedro Ramírez Vázquez, Jorge Campuzano and Rafael Mijares, it has an impressive architecture with multiple exhibition halls. They are surrounded by gardens that present various outdoor exhibits. The museum has 23 exhibition halls and covers an area of almost 8 hectares.