If you are visiting ruins during your trip, this museum can help to put it into perspective. We went without a guide and found there to be many things to read posted near all of the displays, although some were only in Spanish. The downstairs is devoted to ancient history and contains all of the artifacts from the ruins and... More

We are not real museum people but this was excellent. Displays of Mayan ruins. More

We gat a guide and he knew a lot of things about the Maya Culture and this helped to make the ruins more interesting on our visit. More

We had read that this was THE place to visit in Merida, and it was definitely worth a trip, but I wouldn't call it anything close to a world-class museum. That being said, it has some interesting history regarding Mayan civilization and culture, and also had a bit about the local area, mostly focusing on the mansion the museum is... More

We enjoyed learning about Mayan history at this wonderful museum. We had the services of a guide who entranced us with his passion for Mayan history and culture. A definite must for any visit to Merida. More

amazing, they have a wonderful english speaking guide. An elderly gentelman that has the Mayan culture and history down to an art. We love this Museum and everything about Merida More

Given the beuatifiul weather we were dubious about going into a museum. However, it was worthwhile as it helped give us a greater understansing of what we had seen at Chichen Itza and Uxmal and what we were goign to see at Tolum More

small but the pieces exhibited are top quality. Very good explanations More

This is a magnificent 1800´s building. It´s very sad that you can only visit the first level. A beautiful entrance with a very tiny book shop, really uninteresting exhibits. Government could do a better job. More