Museum Details


Name:Museo Regional de Yucatán, INAH
Street Address:Palacio Cantón, Paseo de Montejo 485
City:Mérida
State:Yucatán
Country:México
Zipcode:97000
Telephone:919-923-0557
Fax:919-923-0557
Email:inah@yuc1.telmex.net.mx
Website:http://www.inah.gob.mx/muse2/htme/mure3101.html
Staff Contacts:Dir: Agustin Pena Castillo
Quality of Online Info:Website provides location, history and description of the museum, general information, and detailed description of object types
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Focus:Finds of pre-Columbian and Mayan cultures: ceramics, copper, silver and gold, conch shells, stones, quetzal feathers, jade ornaments, censers, and Jaina figurines; Stone monuments from Yucatan sites of Chichen Itza, Mayapan, Oxkintok, and Uxmal; Wall paintings from Mulchic and Chacmultan
Source:Bluestone, Cariss, etal. Fodor's Mexico 2005. Fodor's Travel Pub., 2005. 688. Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest. Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 452, 454. Schulze, Marco and Boris Eggers, eds. Museums of the World. 11th Rev. and Enl. ed. Volume 1. Handbook of International Documentation and Information Series. Volume 16. Muchen: K.G. Saur, 2004. 459. U of Utah Libraries. http://www.inah.gob.mx/index_.html http://www.inah.gob.mx/muse2/htme/mure3101.html