PERMANENT EXHIBITION
MAPI’s collection
Permanent collections of the museum
MAPI’s holdings are made up of diverse collections containing a wide range of objects belonging to different socio-cultural systems, from different periods and from different geographic regions of the American continent.
These are under two modalities: own and loans.
The former are the result of public and private donations, as well as the purchase of materials from different indigenous communities.
The latter are the result of loan agreements with private individuals and public institutions.
Our collection is currently composed of the following selections:
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
MAPI Museum Collection
Own Collection
Composed of archaeological, ethnographic (of various materials), paleontological, documentary material (documents, photographs, slides), replicas and works of art inspired by traditions or elaborated with traditional techniques from different parts of the American continent.
The materials that compose it were donated or, in the case of some ethnographic materials, purchased from the communities that produced them.
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
MAPI Museum Collection
Own Collection
Composed of archaeological, ethnographic (of various materials), paleontological, documentary material (documents, photographs, slides), replicas and works of art inspired by traditions or elaborated with traditional techniques from different parts of the American continent.
The materials that compose it were donated or, in the case of some ethnographic materials, purchased from the communities that produced them.
The following have contributed to this collection
Angel Falco Collection
Belonging to the National Library.
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological materials (mainly lithic) and replicas mainly from Mesoamerica.
Augusto Torres-Elsa Andrada Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological and ethnographic materials from different continents, with emphasis on ethnographic materials (leather and plumaria among others) from groups of the Great Plains of North America.
Includes documents and publications.
Col.
Department of History of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of the Republic.
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological materials, ceramic figures from Mesoamerica.
Latin American Interactive Music Showcase Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of ethnographic musical instruments and reproductions of different materials from different parts of Latin America.
Matteo Goretti Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological (variety of materialities), ethnographic and paleontological materials from different regions of America, mainly from Uruguay.
Rolf Nussbaum Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological and ethnographic materials and reproductions, mainly lithic and ceramic, from different parts of Latin America.
Arturo Lezama Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological (lithic and ceramic) and documentary material from Salto Grande (Uruguay).
Cayetano Alvez Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological (lithic) materials recovered in Baygorria (Uruguay).
Eduardo Janier Collection
Collection on loan
Jorge Baeza Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological materials (ceramic and lithic) from Uruguay.
Machado-Vera Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological material (lithic) from Uruguay.
It currently belongs to the National Museum of Anthropology.
Graziela Zito and Martín Castillo Collection
Collection on loan
Composed of archaeological and ethnographic materials of different materials from Latin America.