The Regional Museum of Sinaloa is the most ancient of the city. Founded as the Museum of Culiacan; inaugurated on December 14th, 1958.
During half a century has been a space for entailment with the past, strengthening our regional identity. The building is located one block from Las Riberas Park within the Constitution Civic Center, place that integrate libraries, sport areas and a zoo.
The current territory that comprehends the State of Sinaloa was inhabited before the Spanish conquest in 1530 by native groups with an important cultural, social, economic and religious development.
Its style is enrolled in the tide of the architectural functionalism, with an authenticity and efficiency from the period, becoming into the first example in Culiacan from the action of plastic integration between architecture, writing and painting.
The murals made of Byzantines mosaics surrounding the building, a piece of art made by the artist Rolando Arjona, are a beautiful cathedra of the regional history with the original design of the official seal of the State of Sinaloa.
The colonizers arrived to these lands decades after the conquest of Tenochtitlan. It was until 1530 when Beltran Nuño Guzman arrived to the territory of Sinaloa.
PRE-HISPANIC SINALOA
These small groups were located by the coasts and beaches, by the banks of the rivers and streams, by the valleys and some places by the mountains. Their activities would vary from hunting, fishing and harvest.
SINALOA XIX CENTURY
Once consummated the Independence of Mexico in 1821 and after the dissolution of the Empire of Agustín de Iturbide, Mexico is born again to start the process of becoming a republic.
The current territory that comprehends the State of Sinaloa was inhabited before the Spanish conquest in 1530 by native groups with an important cultural, social, economic and religious development.
It is only after that moment when through the command of the 19th of July 1823 the Supreme Executive power represented by Mariano Michelena, according with the Sovereign Congress by proposal of the Deputies of the Internal Provinces from the West, these were divided into the provinces of Sonora and Sinaloa.
The province of Sinaloa settled its residence in the Ville of Culiacan, being declared as the capital; trough these changes the delimitation of the territory of Sinaloa started, taking into consideration the development of their productive activities, taking advantage of the natural resources and propitiating the consolidation of different groups such as: business, workers, farmers, politicians and religious people; professionals and social fighters.
The province of Sinaloa settled its residence in the Ville of Culiacan, being declared as the capital; trough these changes the delimitation of the territory of Sinaloa started
It would emerge after the unification of both provinces what was called Estado de Occidente, to be later in 1831 transformed into what is known today as Estado Libre y Soberano de Sinaloa( Free and Sovereign State of Sinaloa). The human representation is complex, because trough the light of those political movements emerged interests, passions, tragedies and joys that are still amazing the generations.
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How the Virtual Tour was made
The Photography of the Regional Museum from Sinaloa was a magical experience that allowed me to know more about the history about our loved Sinaloa. On the outside of the building I used in two virtual tours a Nodal Ninja Stick three meters high to get a semi area picture. The rest of the photos were taken from a standard high with the help of a tripod.
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English language translation made by Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa through the collaboration of Centro de Estudio de Idiomas Culiacán
