Museum Details


Name:Museo de Escultura de Copán
Street Address:Parque Arqueologico
City:Copán Ruinas
State:Copán
Country:Honduras
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Focus:Accurate replica of the Rosalila temple; Mayan sculptures: sculptures of skulls, bats, and images of death and violence; Facades from buldings and many original stelae, commemorating Copan's leaders; Architecture of museum as art object, depicting aspects of Mayan cosmology
Source:Humphrey, Chris. Moon Hanbooks. Honduras. 3rd ed. Emeryville, CA: Avalon Travel, 2003. 241. Grube, Nikolai, ed. Maya: Divine Kings of the Rain Forest, Cologne: Konemann, 2000. 454. Reid, Robert, etal. Central America on a Shoestring. 5th ed. Hong Kong, China: Lonely Planet Pub. Pty, Ltd., 2004. 378.