Museums in Guatemala

There is a wide variety of museums in Guatemala, with collections varying from pre-Columbian Mesoamerican artefacts to Spanish colonial art and collections of regional interest.

Museum	Photograph	Municipality	Department	Subject	Summary
Casa de la Cultura Flavio Herrera[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Casa de la Cultura Julio Cesar de la Roca[1]		Quetzaltenango	Quetzaltenango Department
Casa del Callejón Castillo Hermanos[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
CASA Museo Iinternacional de Movimientos Artísticos (Casa M.I.M.A.)[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department	19th century life
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de Iximche[2]		Tecpán Guatemala	Chimaltenango Department	Maya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de K'umarcaaj[3]		Santa Cruz del Quiché	Quiché Department	Maya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de Litica, Tikal[2]		Flores	Petén Department	Maya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de Quiriguá[2]		Los Amates	Izabal Department	Maya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de Zaculeu[3]		Huehuetenango	Huehuetenango Department	Maya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio Sylvanus G. Morley, Tikal[3]		Flores	Petén Department	Maya civilization
Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo Arqueológico Casa Santo Domingo[1]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Museo Arquidiócesano de Santiago de Guatemala[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo Bodegas de Principios de Siglo XIX[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo Casa del Tejido Antiguo[1]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Museo Casa K'OJOM[2]		Jocotenango	Sacatepéquez Department	Maya music
Museo Colonial Casa Santo Domingo[1]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Museo Comunitario "Rabinal Achi"[1]		Rabinal	Baja Verapaz Department
Museo de Armas de Santiago de los Caballeros[2]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department	Colonial Guatemala
Museo de Arte Colonial[2]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Museo de Arte Guatemalteco Primitivo-Contemporaneo[2]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department	Modern Maya art	This museum is dedicated to the display of contemporary art by modern Maya artists of Kaqchikel and Tz'utujil ethnicity, and twelved themed exhibitions on Guatemalan folklore, housed within a period building close to Antigua's central park.[4]
Museo de Artes y Artesanías Populares de Sacatepéquez[1]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Museo de Historia Natural de la USAC[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo de la Farmacia de Guatemala[1]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Museo de la Universidad de San Carlos[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo de los Niños[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department	Children's museum
Museo de Semana Santa[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo del Café[2]		Jocotenango	Sacatepéquez Department	Coffee production	This private museum is situated in a former coffee mill and preserves the original late 19th century machinery, including its water wheel. The museum was founded in 2000 as part of the Centro Cultural La Azotea. The exhibition covers all stages of coffee production including cultivation, harvest, roasting and trade. The collection includes milling machines from different parts of the world. The museum also includes eduactional materials such as production statistics for the most important coffee producing countries. Facilities include a shop and cafeteria[5] The grounds of the museum include a working plantation producing coffee that is processed on-site for sale to visitors.[6]
Museo del Ferrocarril[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department	Railway
Museo del Jade y Semana Santa[1]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Museo del Libro Antiguo[2]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Museo Fray Francisco Vázquez[1]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo Heráldico y de Armas del Ejercito[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo Itinerante de Ciencia y Tecnología[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department	Science museum
Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department	Maya textiles
Museo Katinamit[2]		San Cristóbal Verapaz	Alta Verapaz Department
Museo Miraflores[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo Nacional de Arte Moderno[2]
Museo Nacional de Historia[2]
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural[2]
Museo Nacional de Historia Natural "JORGE A. IBARRA"[2]
Museo Numimastico de Guatemala[2]
Museo Paleontológico Ing. Roberto Woolfolk[2]		Estanzuela	Zacapa Department
Museo Popol Vuh[2]		Guatemala City	Guatemala Department
Museo Postal y Filatelico[2]
Museo Regional de Arqueologíá de la Democracia[2]		La Democracia	Escuintla Department	Monte Alto culture
Museo Regional de Arqueología Santiago[3]		Coatepeque	Quetzaltenango Department	Pre-Columbian archaeology
Museo Regional de Chichicastenango[3]		Chichicastenango	Quiché Department	History, archaeology and ethnology
Museo Regional de Santiago Sacatepéquez[2]		Santiago Sacatepéquez	Sacatepéquez Department	Archaeology and ethnology[3]
Museo Regional del Sureste de Petén[2]		Dolores	Petén Department	Maya civilization
Museo Regional del Trapiche[2]
Museo San Clemente y Casa de la Cultura[2]
Museo San Juan del Obispo[2]
Museo Vical de Arte Precolombino y Vidrio Moderno[2]		Antigua Guatemala	Sacatepéquez Department
Palacio Nacional de Cultura[2]

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q} REDCAMUS (2).
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah} REDCAMUS (1).
3. ^ ^{a b c d e f} REDCAMUS (3).
4. ^ Torres 2009b.
5. ^ Torres 2009a.
6. ^ REDCAMUS (4). Centro Azotea 2004.

References

Centro Azotea (2004). "Coffee Museum: From the bean to the cup". Jocotenango, Guatemala: Centro Azotea. http://www.centroazotea.com/. Retrieved 2011-02-12. 

REDCAMUS (1). "Listado de Museos de Guatemala". Red Centroamericana de Museos (REDCAMUS). http://www.museoscentroamericanos.net/guatemala_museos/listado.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-10.  (Spanish)

REDCAMUS (2). "Guatemala: Museos Privados". Red Centroamericana de Museos (REDCAMUS). http://www.museoscentroamericanos.net/guatemala_museos/museos_privados/museos_privados.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-10.  (Spanish)

REDCAMUS (3). "Guatemala: Museos Regionales". Red Centroamericana de Museos (REDCAMUS). http://www.museoscentroamericanos.net/guatemala_museos/museos_regionales/museos_Regionales.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-11.  (Spanish)

REDCAMUS (4). "Guatemala: Museos del Café". Red Centroamericana de Museos (REDCAMUS). http://www.museoscentroamericanos.net/guatemala_museos/museo_del_cafe/museo_cafe.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-11.  (Spanish)

Torres, Estuardo (2009a). "Museo del Café". Guatemala City: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. http://www.mcd.gob.gt/2009/05/12/museo-del-cafe/. Retrieved 2011-02-11.  (Spanish)

Torres, Estuardo (2009b). "Museo de Arte Guatemalteco Primitivo – Contemporáneo". Guatemala City: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. http://www.mcd.gob.gt/2009/05/12/museo-de-arte-guatemalteco-primitivo-–-contemporaneo/. Retrieved 2011-02-19.  (Spanish)

External links

• Museo de los Niños - The Children's Museum official website (Spanish)
• Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnologíá - official website (Spanish)
• Museo Popol Vuh - official website (Spanish)