Museo Maya de Cancún y Zona Arqueológica de San Miguelito — Attraction in Cancún

We had walked from El Rey down the street, and silly me assumed there would water available somewhere within to purchase since there is a museum and small gift shop, but there is not. So bring water, but not more 600ml. We started off in the museum at the top. As soon as we walked in I could see a female security guard giving us a dirty look and arm gesturing us in the wrong direction, there were arrows on the ground to follow though the entire place. My 13 year old’s hand touch the railing around an exhibit, (not the exhibit, the railing) she yelled at us, then my 9 year old pointed at something through glass, not even touching the (close, but not touching the glass again that is the protective cover, even if he touched it would have been a finger print not the end of the world) and she yelled at him. So out of air conditioning because I was to afraid to let my kids look at anything at this point for fear of being yelled at again. We tried to do some of the trails to see the out door exhibits and ruins but it was too hot and we needed water.

The exhibit looked like it would have been amazing but if my kid can’t even point something out to me without getting yelled I’m not spending my time there. Outside was beautiful but I was close to passing out if we continued on the walk without water.

I didn’t really see other kids there so maybe they just aren’t really welcome despite being free and it being an educational place. El Rey was great, absolutely wonderful go there and save yourself the headache or find somewhere kids are...

This is a cheap and easy place to see a little bit of Mayan history without having to travel 3+ hours to Coba, Chichen Itza, or Tulum. The cost to enter the museum and the archeological site is only $10 USD per person. The admission includes access to a small museum with a nice variety of Mayan artifacts, art, and historical information. They do not allow you to carry in any bags, but they do provide free lockers for your convenience. The archeological site is a short path that cuts through what little remains of the jungle in the Hotel Zone. The path is about 300 meters, so walking it is easy, and wheel chair accessibility should be no problem. The highlight of the archeological site is a short temple – a pyramid type structure similar in design to Chichen Itza, but much smaller. Several other site are able to be viewed, too; however, most of what remains of these is just the foundations. There is only limited signage and information on each of these structures and I would have liked to learn more about each one. The signage is in both English and Spanish. Overall, we only spent about an hour there, seeing all that it had to offer. It was nice to have this available so close to our hotel and I would recommend it to those who are not spending the extra money and time to visit one of the larger sites on a full day’s excursion. If you are planning on seeing one of the larger sites, I do not suppose that this small museum...

Beautiful local museum full of interesting facts/historical information relating to the original Mayan culture/history. Only small in size with both inside/outside exhibits - historical architecture, stone buildings/settlements, clay/pottery pieces, beaded jewellery items and sabertooth skeletons. We really enjoyed our visit, the whole museum only takes a few hours (1-3 hours total) for both internal/external exhibits. It costs 90 pesos per person and is well worth the cost. Wish that more of the inside items/exhibits had the information in both English and Spanish - however most or the external exhibit information and bigger historical history is translated in English. You can use Google translate to gather more individual information, however being honest while exploring the outside exhibits both myself and my partner were bitten loads by midges/insects and so were quite inpatient when exploring inside exhibits due to being uncomfortable! Would definitely recommend fellow travellers to ensure they have mosquito/insect repellent on when visiting despite this being in the early morning around 9:30am. There are also plenty of seating points/benches in the outside exhibits if individuals need to take regular breaks due to poor mobility as well as plenty of natural wildlife residing here. We managed to spot plenty of iguanas, lizards, birds and a few snakes; which we...