This museum's outstanding collection focuses on the art and culture of the Americas from before the Spanish colonial period to the present day.

If this museum were located on the Paseo del Prado, it would be packed with visitors. Set in the university district northwest of the city centre, it remains a well-kept secret. The spacious building has two floors of permanent exhibits, divided into five sections: Instruments of Knowledge, the American Reality, Society, Religion and Communication. Maps explain the movements of native peoples through the Americas and the routes of the explorers; feathered head-dresses contrast with ceramic vessels shaped like sting rays or parrots.