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Inauguration of "Mexico 200 Years"
 Suzanne Stephens Waller - Presidencia de la República
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September 06, 2010
| | President Calderón, accompanied by his wife Margarita Zavala, led the inauguration of 'Mexico 200 Years, a Nation under Construction.' | |
As part of the celebration of the Bicentennial of National Independence and the Centennial of the Start of the Mexican Revolution, Federal Government, through the Executive Coordination of the National Organizing Commission of the 2010 Commemorations presented at major exhibition entitled "Mexico 200 Years" at the National Palace Gallery in Mexico City.
The main objective is to celebrate 200 years of Mexico as an independent nation, proposing a setting comprised of hundreds of emblematic pieces showing how our identity and sovereignty is created and defended on a daily basis.
The temporary exhibition presents a historical, artistic visual and documentary discourse that will be open from September 2010 to July 2011 from Tuesday to Sunday, admission free.
To this end, 6,000 square meters have been set aside within the National Palace, distributed throughout various spaces and halls within the most symbolic monument in Mexico and above all, Mexico City. Through the collections, the visitor will be able to enjoy a compilation of the two hundred years of Mexico from Independence to the present, represented by works of art and everyday objects belonging to some of the most representative figures in our history.
The exhibition will enable the public to view the President's Halls for the first time. They will also be able to visit the Parliamentary Area and the murals painted by Diego Rivera, recently restored for the occasion, the Museum in Honor of Juárez and the Palace libraries. Signs will indicate the broad range of cultural features available to the public.
The exhibition comprises over 500 historical and artistic pieces; paintings, sculptures, engravings, manuscripts, original documents, printed matter, coins, clothes, textiles, weapons, photographs and furniture. Some of the most representative pieces include: the Certificate of Independence (original), Father Miguel Hidalgo's chrismatory, José María Morelos' Los Sentimientos de la Nación, the Insurgent Troops’ standard from 1810 to 1813, José María Morelos’ sabre, Miguel Hidalgo’s certificate of excommunication, Benito Juárez’s Presidential Chair, objects to commemorate the Centenary of National Independence, General Emiliano Zapata’s flag, the Political Constitutions of Mexico and The Presidential Succession in 1910 a book signed by Francisco I. Madero, among other works.
Throughout the tour, visitors will find chronologies, graphs, biographies and technological audio and video features that will provide information complementing the pieces. Recreations of the Independence period and the end of the 19th century have also been built.
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