A contemporary architectural project, respecting the natural setting, this
museum was inaugurated recently and houses one of the most considerable
collections of Maya art in the country, with local pieces as well as from
other states, incorporated into the San Miguelito archeological zone.
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Museum entrance.
The Cancun Maya Museum is one of the most important museum projects of
the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) since the
opening of the National Museum of Anthropology in 1964 and the Templo
Mayor Museum in 1987. It conserves one of the country’s most significant
archeological collections of Mayan culture, with the most outstanding
pieces belonging to the State of Quintana Roo, as well a selection of
emblematic objects from a number of Mayan sites including Palenque,
Chichen Itza and Comalcalco.
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There are three pavilions that provide ceiling heights of 8 m (26 ft)
for the exhibition spaces.
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The museum galleries are held within the walls which also define the
surrounding walkways, and have covered spaces with hurricane-proof
glass, offering magnificent views of the dense trees of the San
Miguelito archeological site and the Nichupté Lagoon.
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Access to the gallery spaces is via ramps, one spiral, the other
straight, located at the each end of the galleries. There are also two
panoramic elevators.
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Mayan stela.
Maya stelae (singular stela) are monuments that were fashioned by the
Maya civilization of ancient Mesoamerica. They consist of tall, sculpted
stone shafts and are often associated with low circular stones referred
to as altars, although their actual function is uncertain.
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Many stelae were sculpted in low relief, although plain monuments are
found throughout the Maya region.
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See more at
Maya stelae - Wikipedia.
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Alebrijes.
Alebrijes are brightly colored sculptures of mythic animals.
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Up to the museum.
Taking the elevator up to the museum.
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Urn.
Urn with representation of a goddess that completes the triad of censer
holders of the tutelary deities of Laguna Pethá.
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Ceiba thorn censer and a navel (tipte).
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Chen mul style censer.
This chen mul-style effigy censer probably represents a young wind god
or a priest garbed in his attributes; this can be supposed from the
snail cut in the pectoral, the birds in the headdress and the sphere in
one hand, since roundness has often been related to the wind.
- The image reflects a great influence from central Mexico.
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Archeology of Quintana Roo and Maya.
The Mayan Museum of Cancun offers the public a selection of the material
remains of the ancient inhabitants of the Mayan area, especially those
who inhabited the territory of the current state of Quintana Roo.
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The tour is made up of more than four hundred pieces exhibited from
their own perspective, the result of research and deep reflection on
their archaeological and historical context.
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