Chichicastenango Regional Museum

Chichicastenango Regional Museum

The Chichicastenango Regional Museum or Museo Regional is a museum in Chichicastenango, Guatemala. It is located at the Iglesia de Santo Tomás and has a number of noted ancient artifacts in jade, stone, and ceramic. Some of the clay figurines and ancient clay pots dat back to 1200. It also contains a number of obsidian spear and arrow heads found in the area.[1]

The museum is often called Museo Arqueológico Rossbach because a significant part of the collection was donated by Idelfonso Rossbach, a German Franciscan priest who served in the town from 1894-1944.

References

  1. ^ McNally, Shelagh (2003). Adventure Guide to Guatemala. Hunter Publishing, Inc. pp. 206. ISBN 9781588433473. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ah_v2PCE4J0C&pg=PA206&lpg=PA206&dq=Idelfonso+Rossbach&source=bl&ots=B0vBiZaTBd&sig=Sl0830GEvNkx_18bzmkeO04AVfU&hl=en&ei=HIA7StH1IKCQjAeYuLQC&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3. 
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