La Venta Park Museum
Bulevar Ruiz Cortines s/n, Villahermosa, Mexico
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La Venta Park Museum is the only open-air museum in Mexico. Cultural exhibition
The center is dedicated to the history and culture of the Olmecs, the ancient Indian population of the Yucatan Peninsula.
The area of the park exceeds six hectares, 38 outstanding monuments of Olmec material culture can be seen on its territory. These are altars, steles, obelisks, mosaics and the main symbols of ancient culture – huge stone heads, whose size exceeds several meters. The exhibits were collected in La Venta in the early fifties of the XX century by the efforts of the poet Peliser Carlos.
The museum is notable for its parkland, home to animals and birds of the American jungle. Many sculptures are located in a natural environment, which allows tourists to feel like pioneers who discovered monuments of ancient civilization.