Photo Gallery: Documents Bureau at the National Museum of Mexican Art
by Micromanager

It begins with a long line. Once you reach the front, your new identity is assigned.

One desk handles both intake and document inspection and stamping.

Surprise! you just got a new identity.

Line management protocol dictates that when crowds form, numbers are to be distributed.

Travel fortunes give our travelers a taste of the realities of the journey ahead.

One particularly liberating document

Someone’s headed across the pond.

A crowd hovers in front of the 5 Rabbit Brewery Beer station.

We assure you such unconstructive hilarity isn’t standard policy.

Behind that beard is Henry, clerk of the month in February 2014.

We’ve been known to type at speeds upwards of 30 WPM.

The power of the permit.

Mateo gets an honorific.

Hey kiddo — you’re in the official record.

This certificate honors Chinga Tu Pelo beer, a 5 Rabbit-created beverage that stands in protest of Donald Trump and his f-ing hair.

Marcos supervised the floor wearing one of his legendary masks.

People hanging around after the artist’s talk.

Marianne, a fine clerk who should really bring a box of tissues to her clerking station. It’s free therapy, folks.

Victoria calls a number.

Approved!

Office of Species Clarification. That sounds bogus.