The Museo Nacional de Antropología in México City celebrates the one hundred year anniversary of Leonora Carrington's birth with the presentation of the recently restored mural titled El Mundo Mágico de los Mayas (The Magical World of the Mayas, 1964). The museum also presented the restored mural by Ernesto Vázquez and Luis Covarrubias titled Mapa de Mesoamérica (Map of Mesoamerica). During a press conference, Antonio Saborit, director of the Museo Nacional de Antropología, informed that the restorations and the research performed on the murals were done with the support of the Patronato del Museo Nacional de Antropología and the Fundación American Express. The restoration project—which began a year ago—was entrusted to Gilda Salgado, expert at the Laboratorio de Conservación of the Museo Nacional de Antropología. Commissioned to Leonora Carrington in 1963, the mural El Mundo Mágico de los Mayas is divided in three levels: Underworld, Earth, Sky; each featuring symbolic elements that were part of the Mayan world view. About the restauration, Salgado said, "Although the work was in good shape, it was necessary to perform a cosmetic restoration, mostly having to do with the color and texture, in order to enhance the visibility of the work." Created with tempera painting and based on a preparatory pencil drawing, the work also relied on a sgraffito technique and greased black lines to underscore the elements. The restoration process lasted two months. During this period it was discovered that the painting had more than one title. But the already mentioned title is the one used. The mural Mapa de Mesoamérica created by Ernesto Vázquez and Luis Covarrubias, is the museum's introductory pictorial piece. It illustrates the entire cultural patrimony in Mexico, which turns this piece into the ideal visual complement to delve into the history of the country. Although the second of the works intervened, the work was actually in worse shape.