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
Email:
Website:http://www.prodigyweb.net.mx/iqcdir/museos/MuseoCMaya.html
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Quality of Online Info:
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.