Museums

Museums

Chiapas Institute of Crafts Museum

Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas

In this museum you can see a magnificent collection of popular art from all regions of Chiapas. Photo gallery

Mesoamerican Museum of Jade

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

It is a space used as a museum, it is located in the Casa del Jade, a cultural center and a leading company in the knowledge and management of Jade in Mesoamerica. It has a wide collection of replicas of pre-Columbian pieces of this wonderful mineral. Photo gallery

Museum of Sacred Art Parador Santa María

La Trinitaria, Chiapas

Inside the chapel of the hacienda, there is a museum of sacred art with a collection that includes paintings, wood and ivory sculpture and religious goldsmith objects from the 17th to the 19th centuries, produced in Mexico, Guatemala, Europe and the Philippines. Photo gallery

House of the Marimba Nandayapa

Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas

Dedicated to the development and construction of the most emblematic musical instrument in Chiapas. Photo gallery

Lacquer Museum

Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas

Inside the Cultural Center of Santo Domingo, pieces of the most characteristic local crafts are exhibited. Chiapa de Corzo is one of the few producers of lacquered objects in Mexico. Photo gallery

Franco Lázaro Gómez Museum

Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas

Inside the Cultural Center of Santo Domingo, you can find the work of one of the most notable visual artists, mainly engraver, of the 20th century in Chiapas. Photo gallery

Angel Albino Corzo House Museum

Chiapa de Corzo, Chiapas

Old house that belonged to the Chiapas Liberal hero.   Photo gallery

Usumacinta River Basin Regional Museum

Ocosingo, Chiapas

The region of the Usumacinta River Basin has been inhabited since inmemorial times by various peoples who are an important part of the culture of the region. Frontera Corozal is located in the Lacandon Jungle of the state of Chiapas, on the left bank of the mighty river. The site museum aims to revalue, strengthen, conserve and expose, from the community itself, the cultural heritage of the inhabitants of the Usumacinta River Basin, in the Lacandon area, in order to disseminate

Museum of Popular Cultures

San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas

This Museum is located inside a Colonial-style building. The purpose is to recover, revalue and recreate the manifestations and expressions of Popular Culture of the State of Chiapas. Among its facilities it has a permanent exhibition room where the various customs and traditions of different cultures are exhibited, as well as a temporary exhibition room and a gallery where works by local artists are exhibited. It also offers workshops, sale of handicrafts and technical assistance in the development of popular




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