Museum of the Maya World Opens in Merida Prensa Latina
go to original September 25, 2012

The Great Museum of the Maya World, which displays the prophecies carved in stone 5,125 years ago that heralded a new era for 2012, was opened in the city of Merida.

Yucatan governor Ivonne Ortega said during the opening ceremony yesterday that the gallery was "a pending debt with our Mayan ancestors, our culture, with this land, and with ourselves."

The museum has 1,600 square meters of permanent exhibits, and another 600 with four temporary halls, where visitors can interact with the legacy of that ancient civilization.

Nearly 800 archaeological pieces will be on display. They were in the Canton Palace Museum of Anthropology, which will be transformed into a regional history museum.

Officials from the federal and state governments, scientists, architects, builders, business people, special guests, and in people in general attended the opening ceremony.

The new museum which celebrates the Maya, both ancient and modern, will be free for the next 30 days.

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