Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
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The Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH, National Institute of Anthropology and History) is a
INAH and the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura are tasked with cataloging and protecting monuments and buildings regarded as cultural patrimony.[1] INAH is entrusted with 'archaeological' (pre-Hispanic and paleontological) and 'historical' (post-Conquest 16th to 19th centuries) structures, zones and remnants, while INBAL is entrusted with 'artistic' buildings and monuments (properties that are of significant aesthetic value as deemed by a commission).[1] Worthy edifices are catalogued in the Registro Público de Monumentos y Zonas Arqueológicos e Históricos (Public Register of Archeological and Historic Monuments and Zones).[1]
Currently, the INAH carries out its work through a Technical Secretariat which supervises the performance of its main duties and whose tasks are distributed among its seven National Coordination Offices and 31 Regional Centers throughout the
This bureau is responsible for the over 110,000 historical monuments, built between the 16th and 19th centuries, and for 29,000 of Mexico's estimated 200,000
The INAH also supervises over a hundred museums. These are found across the country and are categorized according to the extension and quality of their collections, geographical locations, and number of visitors. Over 500 Teotihuacan murals are in storage at the INAH.
Emeriti
The INAH recognises its most famous researchers with the emeritus degree. As of 2009, only 16 individuals have been named emeritus researchers:
- Dra. Beatriz Barba Ahuatzin
- Dra. Beatriz Braniff Cornejo
- Dr. Fernando Cámara Barbachano
- Dra. Johanna Faulhaber Kamman (1911–2000)
- Arqlgo. Francisco González Rul Hernández C. (1920–2005)
- Dra. Doris Heydenreich Zelz (1915–2006)
- Dra. Sonia Lombardo Pérez Salazar
- Mtro. Leonardo Manrique Castañeda (1934–2003)
- Mtro. Eduardo Matos Moctezuma
- Dra. Margarita Nolasco Armas
- Dr. Julio César Olive Negrete
- Mtra. Alicia Olivera Sedano
- Dr. Román Piña Chan (1920–2001)
- Mtro. Arturo Romano Pacheco
- Mtro. Javier Romero Molina (1910–1986)
- Mtro. Constantino Reyes-Valerio (1922–2006)
See also
- Museo Nacional de Antropología
- Doris Heyden
- Returned Treasures Program
References
- ^ a b c "LEY FEDERAL SOBRE MONUMENTOS Y ZONAS ARQUEOLOGICAS, ARTISTICOS E HISTORICOS". Secretariat of Public Education. Retrieved November 23, 2014.
- Robles García, Nelly M., ed. (November 2007). "The practice of archaeology in Mexico: Institutional obligations and scientific results" (PDF). online version) on 2008-09-11.
- Rojas Delgadillo, Norma (2006). "Cultural Property Legislation in Mexico: Past, Present and Future". In Barbara T. Hoffman (ed.). Art and Cultural Heritage: Law, Policy And Practice. Cambridge and New York: OCLC 60245454.
External links
- Official website of INAH (in Spanish)
- Escuela Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y Museografía (archived 27 September 2013)