William Spratling Museum

William Spratling Museum
Museo Guillermo Spratling
	Location in Mexico
Location	Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
Coordinates	18.557°N 99.606°W

The William Spratling Museum (Museo Guillermo Spratling) is a museum in Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico. The museum contains 293 archeological pieces that were part of William Spratling's personal collection.[1] There are bone and shell pieces, objects made with semi-precious stones, as well as jars and figurines, all from various parts of Mesoamerica.[2] The most outstanding pieces are a skull covered in jade and a stele. There is a collection of counterfeit artifacts as well.[1] Another area is devoted to the silverwork designs and the workshops that Spratling created in Taxco and Taxco el Viejo.

References

Valtierra, Angel. "Fin de Semana in Taxco" (in Spanish). Mexico Desconocido. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2009-08-26.
"El brillo de Taxco". Mexico Desconocido Guerrero El Destino del Mundo (in Spanish). Mexico City: Grupo Editorial Impresiones Aéreas. 135: 77–84. May 2007. ISSN 0188-5146.

External links

Museum information from the National Institute of Anthropology and History

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[finsemana-1] Valtierra, Angel. "Fin de Semana in Taxco" (in Spanish). Mexico Desconocido. Archived from the original on 2010-03-10. Retrieved 2009-08-26.

[mexdes-2] "El brillo de Taxco". Mexico Desconocido Guerrero El Destino del Mundo (in Spanish). Mexico City: Grupo Editorial Impresiones Aéreas. 135: 77–84. May 2007. ISSN 0188-5146.