Regional Museum of Anthropology and History of Chiapas, Anthropology museum in Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Mexico.

The Regional Museum of Anthropology and History sits in a modern building near Madero Park with two main galleries presenting archaeological finds and objects related to the state's past. The rooms display items spanning different time periods and cultures that developed in this region.

The museum opened its doors in 1984 and displays findings from the Pre-classic period starting around 2000 BC through the Post-classic period after 900 AD. It documents the long spans of human settlement and cultural development across Chiapas.

The archaeological galleries display objects from Maya, Olmec, and Zoque peoples, showing how they lived and what they created with their hands and minds. You can see the tools, pottery, and decorative pieces that tell stories about daily life in ancient Chiapas.

The museum stands beside Madero Park on the Calzada de los Hombres Ilustres, near the Emilio Rabasa city theatre. Its ground-floor volumes are stark, hangar-like, so the entrance is easy to pick out from the park side. Explanatory labels are in Spanish, with many also in English. The 250-seat auditorium and temporary hall host concerts, book signings and summer courses.

The design by architect Juan Miramontes Nájera took first prize at the Third Biennial Architecture Contest held in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 1985. Inside, look for the mural "The Magical World of the Mayas," painted by Leonora Carrington in 1963 for the Anthropology Museum in Mexico City and later moved here.