Chetumal, Mexico
Av de los Héroes S/N, Centro
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+52 9838326838
Good for kidsToiletsNo restaurant
Wheelchair-accessible car parkWheelchair-accessible entranceWheelchair-accessible toilet
My sister and I visited this museum a few years back when our cruise ship was diverted from the intended port of call to Costa Maya instead. We disembarked and decided to walk around a bit before deciding what to do with our day. We could see the museum right away and since we are both kind of museum fan girl dorks, we had to check it out. Folks, this isn't the Smithsonian. This is a small town, labor of love type museum but there are a lot of interesting exhibits and information about Mayan history and culture. While we visited, there were two men running the place (owners?) and they were extremely friendly and happy to answer questions and just chit chat with us. They were clearly very excited and passionate about sharing their knowledge about the Mayans. There is a nice little gift shop that included some cool handmade items so my sister and I both purchased some souvenirs and gifts. I've seen some complaints about the bathrooms but they seemed fine to us and about what one would expect in a pretty rural area of Mexico. (if you've not traveled outside the US and Canada, you should be aware that you are going to find a VERY wide and sometimes confusing/terrifying variety of bathroom facilities and plumbing in other areas of the world. Always carry some hand sanitizer and a bit of tissue or wet wipes in your bag) This is a fairly small museum so I wouldn't plan for more than an hour or two, but it is definitely worth stopping in if you like museums, have interest in Mayan culture, or just want to chat with some friendly locals. We enjoyed it and would definitely go back if we found ourselves in Costa Maya again.
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Well managed, clean and very interesting. Good pieces and quiete enjoyable There are free guided tours. Price is 110 pesos for tourists and 55 for nationals
I’m not a museum expert but I really enjoyed my time here. Very interesting and the dim lighting creates a mysterious atmosphere. Most of the exhibits are reproductions but it was all very nicely presented. There is also an outdoor area featuring a recreation of a jungle village as well as side galleries with modern art.
81p per person and we spent about 3.5 hours here and we read everything they had. There were English translations for everything. Very creative museum that really brought to life the Maya belief that everything is connected, through the gods, sky, Earth, and the underworld. Well constructed and well thought out presentation of Maya culture. Really informative, nicely done.
I really liked this museum! In otherwise depressing Chetumal this was a total refreshment! Yes, the museum has downsides like really bad lightning (probably the worst I have ever seen :D ) and copies of artefacts, but its really interestigly done: big murals, fake giant trees in the museum, everything explained in English, details I havent seen in Maya museums before, a great depiction of middle, upper and underworld (you have to go floor down to see the underworld and floor up to see the upperworld part!), together with an awesomely creepy sound in the underworld area which is heard in the whole museum and you constantly wonder: what is it, what is it?! :) I like how the explanations are written in first face plural, making a whole experience very personal, like Mayas themselves are talking to you! The museum is obviously under construction (nothing distracting), as we have seen workers doing some major fixing and painting in the outside patio a huge mural is being drawn right now on all four surrounding walls and since almost half is finished, I can tell you it looks awesome! Also, outside a house can be seen as a depiction of how folks lived in that time, at what types of houses etc. All in all, a really nice surprise! Thanfully the AC is not so strong and you dont get shocked by the temperature difference the information: we payed an entrance fee of 106 pesos per person for foreigners.
Interesting museum, a bit more context information would be helpful - and the lighting definitely needs some work, some of the texts were quite hard to read.
Great museum, with plenty of information about the mayan history. #chetumal #eyetravelhr
Cool little museum in Chetumal. Not a ton of artifacts but they do have scale models of the main pyramids in the Yucatan for comparison. Does have a very good walk through the different Mayan periods.
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