From Idols to Antiquity explores the origins and tumultuous
development of the National Museum of Mexico and the complicated
histories of Mexican antiquities during the first half of the
nineteenth century. Following independence from Spain, the National
Museum of Mexico was founded in 1825 by presidential decree.
Nationhood meant cultural as well as political independence, and
the museum was expected to become a repository of national objects
whose stories would provide the nation with an identity and teach
its people to become citizens. Miruna Achim reconstructs the early
years of the museum as an emerging object shaped by the logic and
goals of historical actors who soon found themselves debating the
origin of American civilizations, the nature of the American races,
and the rightful ownership of antiquities. Achim also brings to
life an array of fascinating characters—antiquarians,
naturalists, artists, commercial agents, bureaucrats, diplomats,
priests, customs officers, local guides, and academics on both
sides of the Atlantic—who make visible the rifts and tensions
intrinsic to the making of the Mexican nation and its cultural
politics in the country’s postcolonial era.
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