List of 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.

MuseumPhotographMunicipalityDepartmentSubjectSummary
Casa de la Cultura Flavio Herrera[1]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Casa de la Cultura Julio Cesar de la Roca[1]QuetzaltenangoQuetzaltenango Department
Casa del Callejón Castillo Hermanos[1]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
CASA Museo Iinternacional de Movimientos Artísticos (Casa M.I.M.A.)[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department19th century life
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de Iximche[2]Tecpán GuatemalaChimaltenango DepartmentMaya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de K'umarcaaj[3]Santa Cruz del QuichéQuiché DepartmentMaya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de Litica, Tikal[2]FloresPetén DepartmentMaya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de Quiriguá[2]Los AmatesIzabal DepartmentMaya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio de Zaculeu[3]HuehuetenangoHuehuetenango DepartmentMaya civilization
Centro de Visitantes y Museo de Sitio Sylvanus G. Morley, Tikal[3]FloresPetén DepartmentMaya civilization
Mapa en Relieve de Guatemala[1]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo Arqueológico Casa Santo Domingo[1]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Museo Arquidiócesano de Santiago de Guatemala[1]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo Bodegas de Principios de Siglo XIX[1]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo Casa del Tejido Antiguo[1]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Museo Casa K'OJOM[2]JocotenangoSacatepéquez DepartmentMaya music
Museo Colonial Casa Santo Domingo[1]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Museo Comunitario "Rabinal Achi"[1]RabinalBaja Verapaz Department
Museo de Armas de Santiago de los Caballeros[2]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez DepartmentColonial Guatemala
Museo de Arte Colonial[2]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Museo de Arte Guatemalteco Primitivo-Contemporaneo[2]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez DepartmentModern Maya artThis 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 GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Museo de Historia Natural de la USAC[1]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo de la Farmacia de Guatemala[1]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Museo de la Universidad de San Carlos[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo de los Niños[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala DepartmentChildren's museum
Museo de Semana Santa[1]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo del Café[2]JocotenangoSacatepéquez DepartmentCoffee productionThis 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 educational 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 CityGuatemala DepartmentRailway
Museo del Jade y Semana Santa[1]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Museo del Libro Antiguo[2]Antigua GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Museo Fray Francisco Vázquez[1]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo Heráldico y de Armas del Ejercito[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo Itinerante de Ciencia y Tecnología[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala DepartmentScience museum
Museo Ixchel del Traje Indígena[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala DepartmentMaya textiles
Museo Katinamit[2]San Cristóbal VerapazAlta Verapaz Department
Museo Miraflores[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala 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]
Estanzuela Museum of Paleontology and Archaeology[2]EstanzuelaZacapa Department
Museo Popol Vuh[2]Guatemala CityGuatemala Department
Museo Postal y Filatelico[2]
Museo Regional de Arqueología de la Democracia[2]La DemocraciaEscuintla DepartmentMonte Alto culture
Museo Regional de Arqueología Santiago[3]CoatepequeQuetzaltenango DepartmentPre-Columbian archaeology
Museo Regional de Chichicastenango[3]ChichicastenangoQuiché DepartmentHistory, archaeology and ethnology
Museo Regional de Santiago Sacatepéquez[2]Santiago SacatepéquezSacatepéquez DepartmentArchaeology and ethnology[3]
Museo Regional del Sureste de Petén[2]DoloresPetén DepartmentMaya 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 GuatemalaSacatepéquez Department
Palacio Nacional de Cultura[2]

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References

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  • Centro Azotea (2004). "Coffee Museum: From the bean to the cup". Jocotenango, Guatemala: Centro Azotea. Retrieved 2011-02-12.
  • REDCAMUS (1). "Listado de Museos de Guatemala" (in Spanish). Red Centroamericana de Museos (REDCAMUS). Archived from the original on 19 July 2015. Retrieved 2011-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • REDCAMUS (2). "Guatemala: Museos Privados" (in Spanish). Red Centroamericana de Museos (REDCAMUS). Retrieved 2011-02-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • REDCAMUS (3). "Guatemala: Museos Regionales" (in Spanish). Red Centroamericana de Museos (REDCAMUS). Retrieved 2011-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • REDCAMUS (4). "Guatemala: Museos del Café" (in Spanish). Red Centroamericana de Museos (REDCAMUS). Retrieved 2011-02-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  • Torres, Estuardo (2009a). "Museo del Café" (in Spanish). Guatemala City: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
  • Torres, Estuardo (2009b). "Museo de Arte Guatemalteco Primitivo – Contemporáneo" (in Spanish). Guatemala City: Ministerio de Cultura y Deportes. Retrieved 2011-02-19.
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