Santo Domingo Museum

Location 3ª Calle Oriente 28 A. Antigua Guatemala. Santo Domingo is the largest and richest monastery in Antigua. The museum was founded in 1542, or the same year as the city was established. Construction began with the set of impressive monuments, including a large church (completed in 1666). The museum is full of colonial and contemporary art, archeology artifacts, handucrafts, and even a pharmacological..

Casa Popenoe

Location 6ª calle Oriente No. 16 Antigua Guatemala. Casa Popenoe is a private residence that is open for public viewing. The house was built in 1636 for the Spanish judge Don Luis de la Infantas Mendoza. Today, the home illustrates wonderfully how wealthy people lived in the colonial era. The house was partly destroyed in the 18th century earthquake, but has since undergone a full scale restoration at the beginning of the 20th century.

Museum of Colonial Art

Location 5th Calle Oriente No. 5 Antigua Guatemala Situated in the town center, Museum of Colonial Art is a fantastic piece of 16th and 17th century colonial art in regards to architecture. Inside, the building features a lovely collection of art a Tomas de Merio and Cristobal Villalpando are among the authors of the paintings located inside the exhibit…

The Jade Museum

Location 4ª Calle Oriente No.34 Antigua Guatemala Jade was a rare and valued material in pre-Columbian Mesoamérica cultures, and the only source from which they could obtain jade was in Guatemala. Jade was largely an elite good usually shaped into symbolic f igures. This Museum opened in 1974 to display its unique collection, as well as Mayan Art…

Ancient Book Museum

Location Portal del Ayutamiento No. 6 Antigua Guatemala Guatemala´s first printing press was established here in 1660. In 1956 the building become home to the Museum del libro Antiguo Among the exhibits, visitors will find a copy of the original printing press along with an owerview of the history of printing. The will of Hermano Pedro- Guatemala´s most well known religious character- as well as a room dedicated to the process of making marbled paper.

Choco Museo / Chocolate Museum

Location 4ª Calle Oriente #14 Antigua Guatemala The choco Museo in Antigua is 1.5 blocks from the central square of the colonial city. It is the perfect stop if you want to relax in the patio with one of the specialties after visiting all the churches and ruins in the city- take a Cacao Plantation Tour or participate in a chocolate workshop.

Coffee and Mayan Músic Museums

Location Final calle del Cementerio, Jocotenango Guatemala A few minutes from Antigua, the museum incluides guided tours through the Pre- Hispanic Contemporary and La Cofradia exhibits a collection of traditional musical instruments, dance and ritual costumes and artifacts, and a collection of paintings by Mayan tzutuhil artist Miguel Chavez Petzey . The coffee museum illustrates the history of processing and marketing Coffee production in Guatemala.

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