Museo de Arqueología y Etnología in Guatemala

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  David Montenegro

  :: 17 April 2018 21:53:00

  Very good to take the kids.

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  Arturo Pedro Juan

  :: 05 April 2018 20:15:34

  Great museum

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  Jose Solares

  :: 03 March 2018 19:27:07

  Really beautiful, Maya culture 100%

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  mnsarci

  :: 02 February 2018 09:34:24

  Great museum, lots of archeology artifacts!

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  Fred Finney

  :: 23 January 2018 06:59:10

  Great museum on the Mayan (and earlier) archaeology of Guatemala. The exhibits are world class and arranged in chronological order. Most of the interpretative signage has an English translation in addition to the Spanish text. There are lots of small portable items dominated by ceramic vessels as well as jade artifacts and obsidian blades and blade cores. A wooden temple lintel from Tikal is present. The scaled model of Tikal is quite helpful for understanding the immense scale of that site. The museum’s open courtyard has Mayan stelae arranged around the outside edge. A number of the stelae are from major sites that remain largely inaccessible to tourists. They were brought to the museum for protection by the Institute of Anthropology and History (IDAEH). For example IDEAH retrieved 19 stelae from Naranjo in 1972-1973. This acquisition was fortuitous because Naranjo underwent systematic looting in the 1990s. Enjoyed seeing the reconstructed carved stone bench-like throne from Piedras Negras. The Guatemala National Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is excellent and highly recommended. Whether your stay for an hour or all day this museum is a must see attraction in Guatemala City. One tip - we took a taxi back and forth between the hotel and museum.