History
HISTORICAL MATERIAL
The museum has a very important cultural heritage, among which we can mention the following:
MANNEQUIN OF DIFFERENT TIMES:
*) Guerrero Jaguar Azteca (Mexico conquest era)
*) Soldier of San José and Santiago del Álamo, today VIESCA Coah. who participated in the Battle of ALAMO in TEXAS, with General SANTANA in 1836
*) Soldier of Matamoros Tamaulipas, who took part in the Battle of the Alamo against the invaders EUROAMERICANOS in 1836
*) Soldier of the Battalion of San Patricio 1846-1848
*) Native Mexican KIKAPOO 1864
*) RARÁMURI OR TARAHUMARA current
OTHER MATERIAL:
*) Apache Lipán, Jicarilla or Mezcalero Photograph from 1873
*) HISTORY OF THE APACHES (Classification, Customs, Habitat, etc.)
*) Edict of the government of CHIHUAHUA, offering $ 300.00 for Apache 1870 hair
DAGUEROTYPES
The Paleontological Museum has an important collection of copies of old photos donated by the AMON CARTER Museum in Fort Worth, Dallas, Tx. that were taken by a North American civilian in the war with the United States, between 1846 and 1848. Most of the daguerreotypes were taken in Saltillo and Durango Capital.
COPIES OF INTERESTING DOCUMENTS:
*) Act of Independence of ITURBIDE (1822)
*) Treasury seal of COAHUILA AND TEXAS
*) Cover of COAHUILA and TEXAS constitution of 1824
*) Cover of the newspaper of Coahuiltexas 1824
*) List of defenders of the Battle of the Alamo (EUROAMERICAN AND EUROPEAN) 1836
MAP OF MEXICO THROUGH HISTORY:
*) Codex map of Mexico (1539)
*) Map of the tribes of the COAHUILTECOS (Previous to 1800)
*) Map of the Colonial Period 1785
*) Map of AGUSTÍN of ITURBIDE 1824
*) Map of Mexico of 1824 (Coahuila and Téxas appear as a single state)
*) Map of territory lost in the war with the United States in 1848
*) Map of the territory of Mesilla 1853
*) Map of the state of Nuevo Leon and Coahuila of 1854