Cancun Mayan Museum: Skip-the-Line Access to Ancient Artifacts and Spectacular Views

Immerse yourself in the ancient Mayan culture with skip-the-line access to the Cancun Mayan Museum. Explore stunning artifacts and enjoy breathtaking views of the surrounding landscape. Don’t miss the chance to visit the archaeological site of San Miguelito!

Duration: 4 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Mayan Museum of Cancun - Skip the lines and visit the Mayan Museum of Cancun: an exhibition space dedicated to the Mayan culture. It has one of the most significant archaeological collections of the Mayan culture in the world
What's Included
  • Skip-the-line entrance ticket
What's Not Included
  • Transportation
  • Guide
  • Taxes and other payments
  • Food and drinks
Additional Information

The act of stepping into the Cancun Mayan Museum is itself an odyssey through creativity, marked by the entrance adorned with sculptures by Jan Hendrix which exemplify the region’s ambience atop a water surface.
The display space consists of three eight-meter-high galleries. Within these rooms are glass coated walls, offering a breathtaking vista of the…

Location
Mayan Museum of Cancun
Blvd. Kukulcan km 16.5
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Yogabrit
Mar 20, 2024
Mayan ruins and museum - Mayan ruins and fascinating museum In the midst of the hotel zone. Only 95 peso entrance fee. The local bus will drop u off for 12 pesos
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Zumco
Feb 15, 2024
A wonderful learning experience. - It was all enjoyable and interesting, both the museum and the part trails to see the ruins. Excellent place to visit, recommended to all.
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Paradise490459
Jan 27, 2024
The Cancun Connect - A beautiful museum filled with incredible artifacts of the 3 historical periods of Mayan civilization. The museum needs to add a bookstore and coffee shop to allow visitors to relax in comfort.
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Jean_b
Dec 22, 2023
A must do in Cancun !!! - This is a very extensive museum with an archeological site. It is a must do in Cancun!!!! I recommend it.
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Travelmonkey61
Nov 19, 2023
Quick, but worth it! - Aside from a little miscommunication at the ticket window about our online tickets, everything about this museum is pretty cool. The self guided tour through the museum takes you through some basic Meso-American history and displays some really beautiful artifacts that were found around the Yucatan. They allow photos and the staff is pretty friendly. When you're done with the artifacts, there is a small art exhibition from local artists. After that, you get to take a stroll through San Miguelito. It's a small Mayan archaeological site that comes complete with plenty of ruins and it's own pyramid. Pro Tip: Get there early! Preferably when they open. The musem itself is small and I cannot imagine being in that space with 100 other tourists. We arrived right as they opened and met only 3-4 other small groups as we explored. Pro Tip 2: There are iguanas, birds, insects of all varieties and mosquitoes in San Miguelito. It certainly added to the experience in a fun way, BUT BRING INSECT REPELLENT. It took us about five minutes in the "jungle" around the ruins before I became a buffet for mosquitoes. Luckily my wife has an endless supply of items in her bag and we had bug spray.
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Quinteroclaudia14
Nov 10, 2023
Must see - San Miguelito is a sight you must see and the invaluable contents, history, striking artifacts of its museum!
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Kay
Feb 21, 2024
Just okay - Not as extensive as we'd hoped. Exhibits were redundant. But very informative nevertheless. Art exhibit was so-so. Not my thing
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263stephenw
May 16, 2024
Interesting - As we were staying close by we could walk to the museum, the ticket was advertised as a "Skip-the-Line Ticket", we could avoid the payment booth and go straight to the turnstiles. When we arrived we had to show our ticket at the payment booth as al the turnstiles were taped off and the glass doors at the side were either open or missing. The lifts were not working but there is a spiral ramp up to the floor where the museum is. There were boards on the walls around the museum detailing the Mayan history and the history of Quintana Roo, the writing was in both Spanish and English. The display cabinets held many artefacts but the descriptions were all in Spanish. There were tools, cooking utensils, jewelry, carvings from the buildings and sections of stonework. There was a video explaining the the Mayan culture and its demise following the arrival of the Spanish. The museum was interesting but it would have been helpful to have the descriptions and explanations of the artefacts in English. Whilst the museum was interesting it is a bit run down, lifts and turnstiles not working, rusting/missing lights on the spiral ramp, some toilets out of use. Following the museum visit you are directed to walk through the forest area to see the remains of Mayan buildings, the walk culminates at a small pyramid. there are description boards by the buildings that are in English. Watch out for the numerous Iguana's that sun themselves on the buildings and pathways through the forest.
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Lauryn_s
Sep 13, 2024
Confusing - The museum was amazing. And the ruins were beautiful. However, none of the workers knew anything about this “skip a line” thing. There was no line to skip. Just get your ticket when you get there.
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Irene_h
Jul 18, 2024
Poor customer service from Viator - Museum was closed due to no power however we were not contacted to advise of this. We spent 84US dollars on round trip in a taxi from our hotel (Moon Palace the Grand) We emailed immediately on our return to the hotel and have not had the courtesy of a reply
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Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).