Museo del Meteorito — Attraction in Progreso

I couldn't be more agree with an opinion: (From expats in the Yucatán) I’m not one for writing reviews but 'Museo del meteorito' in Progreso, if you can call it that, is probably the worst excuse for a museum I have ever been to and I felt it was fair to let others know if they are considering visiting. This place is so badly put together, with lacking information, random exhibits, and badly translated tours I felt it was right to let others know. The ridiculously overpriced entrance fee ($350 MXN for foreigners) is strikingly high for what was a 25-minute guided tour around horse bones, rhinoceros feet, trapped iguanas, some half-decent animatronics, and some moderate CGI projections. The only reason it took 25 minutes was that the guide spoke English and then Spanish, without this it would have taken 10-15 minutes to walk around.

It is so unfortunate that they decided to spend such little effort with the information and what they present in the museum as it gives outsiders the idea that Mexico cannot offer informative and interesting museums, which is clearly not the case if you visit the ‘Museo Nacional de Antropología’ in CDMX (one of the best museums in the world) amongst others throughout the country.

If you are visiting Progreso and decide to check this place out, please reconsider. Chichen Itza costs $80 MXN for Mexicans and for foreigners with Yucatecan visas, while this place is $150 MXN. You’re better off spending that money at local shops, on a marquesita, or on a fresh coconut along the beach. As for foreigners, the entrance fee is embarrassingly high. How can The Met in NYC, in which you spend at least 1 whole day walking around famous artworks cost nearly the same as a speedy 25-minute shambles of a tour? It’s just not fair.

Also, paying X to go in surely should allow you access to the virtual reality options in the last section and the bathrooms. However, they charge $100 MXN for use of the headsets and $10 MXN for use of the bathroom. You would feel that at least they could consider these in the high entrance fees.

On the plus side, the building from the outside is really nice and...

I visited the museum about 3 days ago and I have to say that I was quite disappointed. When arriving, the building is beautiful and there some dinosaurs on the outside who are quite nice so I started having high expectations. Then I went to get my ticket and it was 350 pesos (for non Mexicans) , which is quite expensive so, expectations went even higher with a price like this. Then, I entered the museum and I did not like it at all. Here are the main reasons why: You can ONLY see the museum while being guided by a person that works for the museum. I don't like that but that's just me, I like to take my time with museums. I guess I should have read that before going or the people there should tell you when you go to buy your ticket. Also, the guided tour is in Spanish - fortunately I do speak it but if I didn't I would just stand there. The museum is small but it would be okay if it would provide great information, which it didn't. Unfortunately the information of everything was superficial and you learn very basic stuff. You may as well watch documentaries on dinos or meteorites instead of going to that museum. The dinosaurs shown were totally scientifically inaccurate and that was crazy to me. There was literally a velociraptor model from Jurassic World movies -a totally 100% wrong model from what actual dinos looked like ( from recent discoveries). It is okay to put dino models like this in a random park but providing false info in a museum is completely wrong and unethical in my opinion. At least add a label that says " Hollywood interpretations of dinos " or something. So, if you want your child to have fun, go. If you want to actually learn something, don't. I put two stars (and not one) because of the building and because it seems like they really tried to do something nice with some projections but it just is not good yet. Hopefully in the future it will be updated with more scientific details for...

My worst experience in Mexico. The person in the ticket booth used his translator App to let us know if we gave him cash he would accept 500 pesos for two adults instead of the posted 700 pesos. Is this being monitored? Is this legal in Mexico? We were admitted to the building with only the two of us in a group. A person asked if we spoke Spanish or English, we said English. She then proceeded to speak 99% Spanish with some gesturing. None of the signage offered English information. I realize that this is a Spanish speaking country but some information in English would be helpful. After a few minutes with the guide she encouraged us to go forward and she disappeared. A large group in front of us was leaving the next room and the animatronic display shut down. We waiting but the program was not restarted for us. At this point we traced our steps to the entrance to see what had gone wrong. Apparently because there were just the two of us, we were out of luck. We asked for a refund and were directed to the ticket booth. Now the ticket seller seemed to have no way to communicate, his translation App was not sought to get any message across. It was clear however that we would not be getting a refund. This is the most unprofessionally run facility I have ever seen. I believe in a short time this business will go broke and visitors walking along the beautiful Malecon will wonder what it was and why the building is...