“We are disappointed,” said Carmen from Mexico City who was visiting San Antonio, Texas, in front of the Museo Nacional de Antropología. “We wanted to visit the museums on this side of the city today. I had arranged everything for us. Our entire planning falls apart. They should have announced it on social media.”
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It is already the second museum where they get zero on the allocation. Earlier they stood before closed doors of Castle of Chapultepec. “They told us that there was not enough staff. That the security personnel did not show up,” says Felix. To the frustration of many tourists, there was no explanation on the social media accounts of the Anthropology Museum.
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It soon became apparent that several museums in the Mexican metropolis, from one day to the next, had closed their doors for the time being, including El Templo Mayor. “To our regret, we must inform you that the museum will remain closed until further notice due to force majeure,” after some time it was possible to read on the social media of the museums.
Soon the monkey came up. The National Institute for Anthropology and History (Inah), which is responsible for the museums, had replaced the Mexico City police, which provided the security of the museums, with effect from the month of June with a private security company. The capital police had lost the tendering procedure according to the Inah because it “did not meet the constitutional criterion of the best available conditions such as price and quality”. But the private security guards were not challenged for unknown reasons.
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The government quickly intervened to prevent further loss of face. “Today the museums will open again,” said President Claudia Sheimbaum on Thursday at her daily press conference, La Mañanera. “There was a problem with the timing of the tender.” She indicated that the cultural institutions will be monitored again by local police officers. Whether the agreement with private monitoring is for good off the track, she left in the middle.