Museo Maya de Cancun Admission ticket

Visit: Mayan Museum of Cancun, Hotelera Cancun Quintana Roo Blvd. Kukulcan Km 16. 5 Esq. Gucumatz, Cancun 77504 Mexico

The first room of the Museum is dedicated to the archeology of Quintana Roo. Its chronological route begins with the oldest burials that have been found in submerged caves of the quintanarroense coast, passing through the history of the monumental sites of the south of the State, until the rise of the northern region of the entity or Eastern Coast prior to arrival of the Spanish conquerors. The pieces reflect the origin, development and change strategies of various cities; the funeral rites, architectural elements, ritual and domestic objects used by the Maya of Quintana Roo throughout two thousand years of history. The room closes with a brief outline of the conquest, the colonial era and the Caste War that took place during the 19th century.

The second room abounds with general aspects of the Mayan civilization: its relationship with the environment; the origin, development and decline of their cities; its economic activities, from agriculture to commerce; the characteristics of the ruling elites and the wars between them; its most important cultural expressions such as writing and calendar and some of its rites such as the ball game. The pieces shown here come from both excavations carried out in Quintana Roo, as well as in the rest of the Mexican states that cover the Mayan area: Tabasco, Yucatán, Campeche and Chiapas. A part of these work have been granted on loan by the Comalcalco Site Museum, the Yucatan Regional Museum “Canton Palace”, the Chichen Itza Site Museum, the Chiapas Regional Museum and the Palenque Site Museum “Alberto Ruz L'huillier”.

The third and final room is dedicated to the presentation of temporary exhibitions linked to the theme and vocation of the Museum.