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TheInstituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH,National Institute of Anthropology and History) is aMexican federal government bureau established in 1939 to guarantee the research, preservation, protection, and promotion of the prehistoric,archaeological,anthropological,historical, andpaleontological heritage ofMexico. Its creation has played a key role in preserving theMexican cultural heritage. Its current national headquarters are housed in thePalace of the Marqués del Apartado.
INAH and theInstituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL) are tasked with cataloging and protecting monuments and buildings regarded as cultural patrimony.[1] INAH is entrusted with 'archaeological' (pre-Hispanic and paleontological) and 'historical' (post-Conquest 16th to 19th centuries) structures, zones and remnants, while INBAL is entrusted with 'artistic' buildings and monuments (properties that are of significant aesthetic value as deemed by a commission).[1] Worthy edifices are catalogued in theRegistro Público de Monumentos y Zonas Arqueológicos e Históricos (Public Register of Archeological and Historic Monuments and Zones).[1]
Currently, the INAH carries out its work through a Technical Secretariat which supervises the performance of its main duties and whose tasks are distributed among its seven National Coordination Offices and 31 Regional Centers throughout thestates of the Mexico.
This bureau is responsible for the over 110,000 historical monuments, built between the 16th and 19th centuries, and for 29,000 of Mexico's estimated 200,000pre-Columbian archeological zones found throughout the country. One hundred and fifty of the archeological sites are open to the public.
The INAH also supervises over a hundred museums. These are found across the country and are categorized according to the extension and quality of their collections, geographical locations, and number of visitors. Over 500Teotihuacan murals are in storage at the INAH.
The INAH recognises its most famous researchers with the emeritus degree. As of 2009, only 16 individuals have been named emeritus researchers:
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