Museo Fuego Nuevo, Archaeological museum in Iztapalapa, Mexico
The Museo Fuego Nuevo is an archaeological museum in Iztapalapa built in a pyramid-like form surrounded by side staircases and stepped pathways. The structure allows visitors to explore the building at different levels while moving through the exhibition galleries.
The museum grew out of archaeological discoveries made in 1997 and 1998 on a slope of Huizachtépetl. It opened to the public in 1998 as a memorial to the ancient ceremonies that took place in this region.
The museum displays objects connected to the New Fire ceremony performed in this region. Visitors see ancient calendars and models showing how these rituals took place and what they meant to the people who lived here.
The museum is located within Parque Nacional Cerro de la Estrella and operates Tuesday through Sunday. Admission is free and the grounds are accessible across multiple levels.
Architect David Peña integrated informative plaques about the mythology of the five suns into the building structure. These plaques are distributed throughout the building and tell creation myths as visitors move through the spaces.
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