Two New Museums About the Maya Are Now Open in Yucatan, Mexico

The first new major museum open is the Gran Museo Del Mundo Maya (Grand Museum of Merida Maya World), located in Merida, originally opened in September 2012, closed for a while and is now open again. The expansive museum has a collection of more than 500 pieces, including textiles, religious objects, and items reflecting the current lives of the Mayas. They have engravings, books, and historical documents, artistic and religious works from the colonial historic era in addition to artifacts from the pre-Hispanic era including stelas, stone sculptures, ceramics and offerings. The exhibit rooms move from the present into the past through four distinct sections: The Mayab, Nature and Culture; Mayas of Today; Mayas of Yesterday; and Ancestral Mayas. The unique museum has many interactive exhibits and even has a laser light and sound show in the evenings. It also has a large screen projection room for various presentations.

The new Merida museum is open from 8:00am to 5pm, except on Tuesdays. The entrance fee is about $150 pesos. The museum houses a nice restaurant. Complete with a bar, the restaurant offers of regional and international cuisine, including desserts. Please note that Merida's first Museum of Anthropology located in El Palacio Cantón is still open. The grand colonial building alone is worth the visit.

Cancun's recently opened (November 2012) Museo Maya de Cancun includes 350 archeological artifacts including some that have never been displayed and some discovered in recent excavations. Some artifacts were previously exhibited at the Museo Regional de Yucatan or "Canton Palace" in Merida and the former Archeological Museum in Cancun. The massive 55,000 square feet structure contains three 4,400-square-foot exhibition halls, two for permanent exhibits and one temporary exhibitions. A visit to the museum also includes access to the archaeological site of San Miguelito.

Located in Cancun's beach hotel zone, the museum is open from 8:00am to 5pm, except on Mondays. The entrance fee is about 60 pesos.

Access to the museums by taxi is easy, or their are educational travel companies like, Explorations Inc., who offer cultural tours in Yucatan. Such tours allows an opportunity to visit both these major new museums. Explorations' tours in the northern part of the Yucatan Peninsula highlight the past and living history of the Maya with visits to Mérida, Valladolid, Campeche, Izamal, Ek Balam, Chichén Itzá, Uxmal, Sayil, Akumal, Mayan villages, markets, colonial haciendas, cenotes, three coasts and more. Both the cultural and natural history are explored along with regional cuisines of Yucatan.

In the Northern Yucatan of Mexico, travelers can also experience many of the small wonders to be found there - at small archaeology sites, traditional Mayan towns and villages, beautiful nature areas, local restaurants and markets, and with interactions with local residents.

More travel information about the Yucatan Peninsula can be found by contacting Explorations at 239-992-9660, or found online at http://www.adventuresofdiscovery.com.

Article Source: Charlie_Strader

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