Museum of the Americas, Madrid

Home to an impressive collection of more than 25,000 imaginative artifacts, mostly from South and Central America but also from the north of the continent, the Museum of the Americas in Madrid is a public museum dedicated to the former Spanish colonies in Latin America.
The collection focuses on pre-Colombian art, architecture and the way of life of the indigenous people. The exhibitions tell about the different societies that inhabited the continent, their myths and beliefs, and archeological excavations reveal their way of life.
The government donated the bulk of the collection to the Museum of the Americas, and many other exhibits were purchased or donated. The phenomenal treasure of Kimbaya, for example, is a donation from the Colombian government. Hats with feathers from the Amazon, a fantastic cloak from Paracas, Dicisco gold from Colombia and Costa Rica and colonial antiques are among the amazing artifacts at the Museum of the Americas in Madrid.
The history of the local population in the Spanish colonies is told by numerous engravings, ceramic figurines from Colima in Mexico, sculptures from the Maya, agates from the Olmecs, beautiful artifacts from the Gulf of Mexico, artifacts from the Incas, Chilean fabrics, ceramics from Ecuador. The Museum of the Americas also houses strange 18th-century Mexican paintings that skillfully recreate the conquistador, and inlaid Chinese furniture testifies to maritime ties with the Philippines, another Spanish colony.
The Madrid Maya Stelae, the Colombian Golden Treasure Quimbaya, the Tudela Codex and the Tro-Cortesianus Codex, one of the four surviving manuscripts worldwide, are among the most valuable exhibits and focus on religious beliefs.
Although belated in its founding, the Museum of the Americas collects a large number of scattered documents and exhibits under one roof to pay due respect to the Spanish-colonized part of America.