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I did museum stuff, but not Templo again. Museo Nacional de las Culturas del Mundo. Free! Temperature check, no drinks, but they might let you check a bag. Decent size. Felt a bit odd to be spending time there, because there's nothing about Mexico: halls on ancient Egypt, the Middle East, Persia (especially carpets), ancient Mediterranean (Phoenicians, etc, also brief mention of the Iberians), China, Japan, Korea... But it was interesting, and some of the placards/exhibits covered new territory, like Mediterraneans governments, or body depictions (the old static form, vs. dynamic classical Greek and Roman forms.)

There was also a temporary exhibit of political cartoons about walls and borders, and another more serious exhibit about a few borders (US/Mexico, Israel/Palestine, Western Sahara) and refugees.

Masking 100%.

I did pass Templo Mayor on my way home and it looked *very busy*, so just as well.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/mindstalk/albums/72177720300620969

[Edit: Most of the 'ancient' artifacts in the museum are actually replicas. This seems perfectly sensible to me, for a latecomer museum. And many are very well done, looking exactly like old distressed bronze, say.]

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