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Mexico City: Day of the Dead Tour at Anthropology Museum
Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico
$60.46
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
Overview
This tour explores one of humanity’s most universal questions:
What happens when we die?
Throughout your visit to the National Museum of Anthropology, we will discover how different societies understood death, treated their dead, and developed ideas about transformation, the underworld, ancestors, and the continuity of life.
The goal is not to claim that the Day of the Dead, as we know it today, existed in pre-Hispanic times, nor to present the contemporary celebration as a tradition that remained unchanged for thousands of years.
Instead, the tour explores something more interesting:
how different societies developed their own ways of relating to the dead and how, over time, these traditions came into contact, evolved, and contributed to the diverse expressions of Day of the Dead that we know today.
What happens when we die?
Throughout your visit to the National Museum of Anthropology, we will discover how different societies understood death, treated their dead, and developed ideas about transformation, the underworld, ancestors, and the continuity of life.
The goal is not to claim that the Day of the Dead, as we know it today, existed in pre-Hispanic times, nor to present the contemporary celebration as a tradition that remained unchanged for thousands of years.
Instead, the tour explores something more interesting:
how different societies developed their own ways of relating to the dead and how, over time, these traditions came into contact, evolved, and contributed to the diverse expressions of Day of the Dead that we know today.
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Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 2 hours
- Museum admission tickets
- Personalized tour with a certified guide
- Personal expenses
Meeting point
The meeting point is the museum lobby, past the first security checkpoint.
Your guide will be waiting for you in front of the gift shop.
Return details
The meeting point is the museum lobby, past the first security checkpoint.
Your guide will be waiting for you in front of the gift shop.
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National Museum Of AnthropologyWhat happens when we die? Discover how various Mesoamerican cultures understood death, ancestors, the underworld, and transformation through the collections of the National Museum of Anthropology. On this special Day of the Dead tour, we will explore how the dead remained part of their communities and how death was connected to the cycles of life, nature, and renewal. Rather than looking for a single origin of Day of the Dead, we will explore the long process of cultural exchange and transformation between Indigenous and Christian traditions that helped shape the celebration we know today.
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Mexico City: Day of the Dead Tour at Anthropology Museum
Mexico City, Central Mexico, Mexico
$60.46
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
—
You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
—
We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!