Museum Details | |
Name: | Museo de la Cultura Maya |
Street Address: | Av Héroes s/n |
City: | Chetumal |
State: | Quintana Roo |
Country: | México |
Zipcode: | 77000 |
Telephone: | 983-832-6838 |
Fax: | 983-832-6838 |
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Website: | http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/iqcdir/museos/MuseoCMaya.html |
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Size: | small |
Focus: | Three floors representing the Maya world of heaven, earth and the underworld; Few genuine artifacts; Exhibits display Mayab and scale models of Maya buildings; Replicas of stelae and a burial chamber from Copan; Reproduction of Temple 1 murals, Bonampak; Kiosks depicting Maya systems of numbers and the calendar |
Source: | 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. 456. U of Utah Libraries. Greensfelder, Ben. Yucatan. Melbourne: Lonely Planet Pub., 2003. 148. |