Museo Popol Vuh
Museo Popol Vuh
4.5
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
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This is one of Central America's most famous Maya art museums. Its collection is renown due to its large number of funerary urns. It also includes unique Maya pottery pieces and other artifacts spanning from 2000 B.C. through colonial times.
Duration: 1-2 hours
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  • Julie W
    9 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great exhibits to learn about Mayan history/culture
    This is a great little museum on the university campus, and shares a shaded courtyard with the Museo Ixchel so it's easy to visit both. Great displays of Mayan artifacts, carvings, murals, etc. from different areas and time periods. Very safe location with ample parking and easy dropoff/pickup for Uber. Definitely worth a visit!
    Visited October 2023
    Travelled solo
    Written 9 November 2023
  • jbills2007
    Tulsa, Oklahoma47 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Give Museo Popol Vuh a visit!
    Must see museum! This should be # 1 on your list of things to do/see while in Guatemala City. Not a huge museum, very manageable with cool AC and all signs in both Spanish and English. Small gift shop available. Definitely worth the time. Right across the parking lot is the textile museum, so you score twice in one location. 45 Q admittance for tickets, ($5.62 US) You can easily see both museums in a morning or afternoon.
    Visited February 2024
    Travelled with friends
    Written 29 February 2024
  • Penelope
    20 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    University Museum - Popol Vuh
    This is a fantastic introduction to Mayan history, along with the textile museum on the same site. And if you go to the museums first before a trip to markets, it puts all the work, all the skill, into perspective. I learnt new things, and I was fascinated by the jade work and obsidian. I had a guide who was also able to tell me much more how it all linked together. I highly recommend incorporating it into a visit to the city.
    Visited April 2024
    Travelled on business
    Written 21 April 2024
  • Ted E
    Simi Valley, California1,018 contributions
    4.0 of 5 bubbles
    Mini Muesum
    We really enjoy seeing museums when we travel. This is a small museum and you can easily walk through in under an hour. It’s well done, but there is a limited amount of pieces. Also, the descriptions don’t have dates, which would be a welcome addition. Entry is 45 Quetzal.
    Visited May 2024
    Travelled as a couple
    Written 31 May 2024
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cantwaittogoagain
Dallas, TX132 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023
We arrived late and only had a few minutes but the lady working the desk so so kind and kept the museum open for us for extra time. It's amazing the things that have come from the Maya sites that are on display. I appreciated how the small museum moves from oldest to youngest so you could see the progression of their arts.
Written 19 March 2023
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Penelope
20 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2024 • Business
This is a fantastic introduction to Mayan history, along with the textile museum on the same site. And if you go to the museums first before a trip to markets, it puts all the work, all the skill, into perspective. I learnt new things, and I was fascinated by the jade work and obsidian. I had a guide who was also able to tell me much more how it all linked together. I highly recommend incorporating it into a visit to the city.
Written 21 April 2024
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Julie W
9 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2023 • Solo
This is a great little museum on the university campus, and shares a shaded courtyard with the Museo Ixchel so it's easy to visit both. Great displays of Mayan artifacts, carvings, murals, etc. from different areas and time periods. Very safe location with ample parking and easy dropoff/pickup for Uber. Definitely worth a visit!
Written 9 November 2023
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Stephen L
Cambridge, UK504 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Nov 2022 • Solo
I loved the museum. It walks you through Maya history by time period. There are many stunning exhibits. You will not be disappointed.
NOTE 1. If going by taxi make sure you select the correct Popol Vuh. There is more than one option
2. There is a lovely cafe in the University grounds near the Bibliotheque/Library
Written 24 November 2022
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Traveltheorient
San Antonio, TX596 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023
This is an extremely interesting museum. You should go with a guide. What grabbed me the most is the jade artwork, facemasks, etc. It is an extremely hard mineral and I simply cannot comprehend how could they do all those intricate carvings without the proper tools/materials (that we know of).
Written 31 January 2023
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Ted E
Simi Valley, CA1,018 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2024 • Couples
We really enjoy seeing museums when we travel. This is a small museum and you can easily walk through in under an hour. It’s well done, but there is a limited amount of pieces. Also, the descriptions don’t have dates, which would be a welcome addition. Entry is 45 Quetzal.
Written 31 May 2024
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WoJo
New Haven, CT108 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2013 • Solo
The museum is located on the campus of Universidad Francisco Marroquín. It is a nice walk through a very pretty residential area. The museum is a reasonably sized collection of Mayan pottery and artifacts chronologically arranged in a comprehensive way in a series of rooms, dating from circa 2000 BC to 1800's AD. It's worth visiting. The entrance is Q35; if you want to be able to take pictures there is a fee of Q15.
Written 2 October 2013
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samarangba1
London, UK166 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Aug 2013 • Couples
Some important stuff here. Logically laid out along the time line, with good explanations and all put into context. Somebody should drag the curators of the archeological museum here to show them how it should be done. If you only have time to visit one of the two places, go to this one. In fact even if you have time to go to both go to this one then go somewhere else and avoid disappointment.

Oh, and the the lady on the door gave us chocolate!
Written 6 August 2013
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treeface
Ambler, PA394 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2014 • Solo
This museum is located on the campus of the Universidad Francisco Marroquin right next to the Museo Ixchel del Traje Indigena and it's possible to see both museums in 2 to 3 hours. The entrance fee is about $5.00 (US dollars). Lots of interesting pottery and statues from the pre-Classic, Classic and post-Classic Mayan periods. There's an excellent explanation of the Mayan calendar cycles (19 months in a year, with 18 of them having 20 days and the 19th month having only 5 days) as well as the Bak'tum which is equivalent to 394.25 years and which caused all the excitement over the "end of the world' in December 2012 based on the Mayan calendar. Explanations of exhibits were in both Spanish and English.
Written 1 May 2014
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Jack W
Littleton, CO61 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2013 • Couples
This museum has truly exceptional ancient Mayan artifacts and they are extremely well organized and displayed. There are many intrepretive signs in both Spanish and English. They also sell a top quality guide booklet ($15 US). The museum is in a modern building on an active University campus and everything is very clean and well done. The organization of galleries follows the cronological development of the Mayan civilization and illustrates all with excellent artifacts. The model of the city of Tikal is particularly imprerssive and made my later visit there much more understandable. This museum shares a building complex with the fine Ixchel textile museum. I'd recommend 2 hours for the Popol Vuh and an hour for Ixchel.
Written 8 May 2013
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