Just entering the Cancun Mayan Museum is an artistic experience. The entrance is decorated with sculptures of Jan Hendrix that represent the surroundings of the region on a water surface.
The exhibition space is composed of three halls of eight meters high. The showrooms within the walls feature coated glass, which allows a magnificent view of the forest of San Miguelito and the Nichupte lagoon. The Cancun Mayan Museum houses one of the most significant archaeological collections of the Mayan culture in the world
The Visit to the Museum also includes access to the archaeological site of San Miguelito. This site consists of structures that held wooden houses and palms, where families lived during the last years before the arrival of the Spanish conquistadors.
Posted By : 263stephenw
As we were staying close by we could walk to the museum, the ticket was advertised as a "Skip-the-Line Ticket", we could avoid the payment booth and go straight to the turnstiles. When we arrived we had to show our ticket at the payment booth as al the turnstiles were taped off and the glass doors at the side were either open or missing. The lifts were not working but there is a spiral ramp up to the floor where the museum is. There were boards on the walls around the museum detailing the Mayan history and the history of Quintana Roo, the writing was in both Spanish and English. The display cabinets held many artefacts but the descriptions were all in Spanish. There were tools, cooking utensils, jewelry, carvings from the buildings and sections of stonework. There was a video explaining the the Mayan culture and its demise following the arrival of the Spanish. The museum was interesting but it would have been helpful to have the descriptions and explanations of the artefacts in English.
Whilst the museum was interesting it is a bit run down, lifts and turnstiles not working, rusting/missing lights on the spiral ramp, some toilets out of use.
Following the museum visit you are directed to walk through the forest area to see the remains of Mayan buildings, the walk culminates at a small pyramid. there are description boards by the buildings that are in English. Watch out for the numerous Iguana's that sun themselves on the buildings and pathways through the forest.
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Posted On : 2024-05-16 07:48:00 
Posted By : yogabrit
Mayan ruins and fascinating museum
In the midst of the hotel zone. Only 95 peso entrance fee. The local bus will drop u off for 12 pesos
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Posted On : 2024-03-20 11:56:15
Posted By : Kay T
Not as extensive as we'd hoped. Exhibits were redundant. But very informative nevertheless. Art exhibit was so-so. Not my thing
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Posted On : 2024-02-21 09:12:32
Posted By : zumco
It was all enjoyable and interesting, both the museum and the part trails to see the ruins. Excellent place to visit, recommended to all.
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Posted On : 2024-02-15 12:21:32
Posted By : Paradise490459
A beautiful museum filled with incredible artifacts of the 3 historical periods of Mayan civilization. The museum needs to add a bookstore and coffee shop to allow visitors to relax in comfort.
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Posted On : 2024-01-27 15:39:36
Posted By : Jean_B
This is a very extensive museum with an archeological site. It is a must do in Cancun!!!! I recommend it.
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Posted On : 2023-12-22 12:28:39 
Posted By : TravelMonkey61
Aside from a little miscommunication at the ticket window about our online tickets, everything about this museum is pretty cool. The self guided tour through the museum takes you through some basic Meso-American history and displays some really beautiful artifacts that were found around the Yucatan. They allow photos and the staff is pretty friendly. When you're done with the artifacts, there is a small art exhibition from local artists. After that, you get to take a stroll through San Miguelito. It's a small Mayan archaeological site that comes complete with plenty of ruins and it's own pyramid.
Pro Tip: Get there early! Preferably when they open. The musem itself is small and I cannot imagine being in that space with 100 other tourists. We arrived right as they opened and met only 3-4 other small groups as we explored.
Pro Tip 2: There are iguanas, birds, insects of all varieties and mosquitoes in San Miguelito. It certainly added to the experience in a fun way, BUT BRING INSECT REPELLENT. It took us about five minutes in the "jungle" around the ruins before I became a buffet for mosquitoes. Luckily my wife has an endless supply of items in her bag and we had bug spray.
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Posted On : 2023-11-19 20:20:36
Posted By : quinteroclaudia14
San Miguelito is a sight you must see and the invaluable contents, history, striking artifacts of its museum!
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Posted On : 2023-11-10 23:14:35
Posted By : Jet604626
The views was fantastic! I could have stayed there all day!!! The gift shop was great. The museum was reasonably priced!!! Enjoy it with the family or by your self.
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Posted On : 2023-06-30 13:54:33
Posted By : Judith_F
The museum was very well done, excellent in fact. There was a particularly interesting video on Tulum which we then visited the next day.
No need for tickets in advance, however, there were very few people at the museum. It did close at 4 so recommending that we arrive a couple of hours earlier was a good thing. The ruins in the grounds were also a good introduction to the Mayan world.
But, supposedly our tickets, with a QR code, were to be sent to us a couple of days earlier. We never got them. After a couple of emails and a phone call, the tickets were finally sent to us about 1/2 hour before we were going to the museum. Very annoying.
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Posted On : 2023-02-13 11:07:18
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