{"id":4397,"date":"2015-11-30T08:00:40","date_gmt":"2015-11-30T15:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/?p=4397"},"modified":"2016-09-08T15:59:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-08T12:59:38","slug":"museo-de-arqueologia-de-durango-ganot-peschard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.raecrothers.ca\/blog\/museo-de-arqueologia-de-durango-ganot-peschard\/","title":{"rendered":"Museo de Arqueolog\u00eda de Durango Ganot-Peschard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Durango gets going late, with no attractions being open before 10:00, so I had a lazy morning Friday. Rather a shame I’m no longer a going out for breakfast kind of person.<\/p>\n

My first stop of the day was the Museo de Arqueolog\u00eda de Durango Ganot-Peschard<\/a> on Zaragoza. Entry was just $10.\u00a0Like with all the museums and attractions that I visited in Durango, you need some Spanish to really get the most out of your experience because there is usually very little, if any, English signage.<\/p>\n

The museum is, of course, housed in a beautiful building. I took this picture to remember the orange walls and arches, but the mural was interesting, too, as it is a topographic cross section showing where Durango is in relation to other communities, as well as sea level. It really showed me how far up I climbed the day before!<\/p>\n

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This exhibit was unique! How many times have I seen exhibits about stone tools? Too many to count. How many times have I seen an actual demonstration of how the tools were held? This was the first!<\/p>\n

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I liked how the pottery was presented in these columns:<\/p>\n

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The skulls were fascinating! They were all intentionally deformed in childhood.<\/p>\n

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This one really spoke to me for some reason and reminded me that s\/he was a person once upon a time.<\/p>\n

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I wish my Isla house had walls this colour!<\/p>\n

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At the very end of the museum is my favourite bit, the excavation. I’ve only ever seen something like this once, at Pointe-\u00e0-Calli\u00e8re in Old Montreal<\/a>. This was full of steep staircases and tight turns, very fun!<\/p>\n

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Sabertooth tiger skull:<\/p>\n

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Super narrow and short passageway. Duck!<\/p>\n

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They put in some glass to mimic a sunset above; nice detail.<\/p>\n

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I already have the yellow walls in Miranda. Possible to put dark wood beams on an RV ceiling?<\/p>\n

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I had to go back to the skulls. It’s no wonder some folks thought these skulls belonged to aliens!<\/p>\n

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I just love the Aztatl\u00e1n pottery<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I had a chat on the way out with the museum curator, clumsily raving about the skulls and the excavation exhibit, and she had me painstakingly write out a brief review in Spanish for their guestbook!<\/p>\n

From the museum, I went around the block to 5 de febrero and then on to the Plaza de arms to do the mining tunnel museum, but I was accosted by a security guard who, in very rapid Spanish that I would not know until sometime later I actually understood (mostly) informed me that the entrance was now an exit because they were having a special exhibit on the sex trade and child trafficking. That’s really what I got, but, in all honesty, I was understanding the words but not sure I was actually getting what was said. So it would be gratifying sometime later to have my doubts confirmed! We will return to the tunnel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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