10 Specialty Museums in Yucatan Peninsula That You Shouldn't Miss

The Old Car Museum of Southeastern Mexico, is an unusual museum, which can be called atypical, pursuant to which has different characteristics: first, because it is a museum housing antique cars including models from 1917 to 1992, and second, because he is the first Iconographic Museum of the Carrera Panamericana was made between the years of 1950-1954 and then at the beginning of the second stage of the race, from 1988 to date.

In today's world of evolving traditions and cultural fusion, Mexico's ethnic clothing is much admired for what it tells us about this fascinating country and its diverse communities. Situated in the center of Valladolid, the Museo de Ropa Étnica de México--MUREM--is a nonprofit organization that connects us with the rich and varied cultures of Mexico through the indigenous, traditional, and contemporary ethnic costumes on view.

Filux Lab is an initiative originated from the International Light Festival Mexico (Festival Internacional de las Luces México). It was our firm conviction to create breeding ground for local talent, with an identity all of its own, which made us design the first laboratory entirely dedicated to experimentation, discussion, production and exhibition of art pieces related to the language of light and cinema. Our program connects us with the global scene of art through residencies, workshops, master classes, co-productions, forums and festivals that promote cultural exchange amongst artists, experts and a diverse audience. We are an independent space based in the city of Mérida, Yucatán; our mission is to promote a sense of artistic community where different universes come together around the light.

Facing the main square in Merida, this extraordinary building dates back to 1549 and is built with intricate artistry in the Spanish Plateresque style.

Ven a descubrir en un lugar maravilloso y fuera de lo comun, la misteriosa historia del cacao y su intima relacion con la cultura maya. Estamos ubicados entre los sitios arqueologicos de Xlapak y de Labna en el Km 20 de la Ruta Puuc, a la entrada de una plantacion de Cacao, la Plantacion Tikul

Isla Mujeres Museum Capitan Dulche.This Museum is dedicated in loving memory of Captain Ernesto Dulche Escalante, founder or the 5th Naval Region (Isla Mujeres). Captain Dulche´s Maritime Museum treasures a big part of Isla Mujeres history, this is documented in a great photo collection of over 150 that have never been seen before. The Museum also contains an excellent collection of anchors, buoys, chains and lanterns, maritime tools and two projection rooms, showing one video of the famous mexican diver Ramon Bravo and the even more famous Jacques Cousteau. It also has the largest collection of model ships and metates in the whole mexican caribbean.

Visit Casa Museo Montes Molina while you are in Merida and admire beautiful art and history. The museum is a breathtaking mansion built around 1902 and purchased by the Montes Molina family 13 years later. It is furnished with the original furniture of that period, and the four generations of the family that have continued to occupy the house to the present, have kept it in optimum condition. The museum is open from 9am to 5pm from Monday to Friday and Saturdays from 9am to 1pm. You can enjoy a 40-minute guided visit with a bilingual guide and get to enjoy a great time here.