The peak of the Totonaca culture, with the most beautiful architecture of the Gulf Coast, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The museum, built by architect Teodoro Gonzaléz de León, shows vestiges of the city since the excavations of 1920, it also reconstructs the everyday life of this sophisticated culture.

Mictlantecuhtli, the great lord of death (the other life), was the patron of this ancient Totonac city. The museum’s prized item is the sole unfired clay sculpture with stucco and the remains of paint in Mesoamerica. To this are added funerary offerings and ceramic figures of the very highest quality.

Women played a dominant role in the ceremonies of this important Totonac city, as can be seen from its numerous murals. The mural fragments are the museum’s most valued objects, as they show varied scenes from the life of this ancient settlement.

This most important and influential site of the Valley of Guadiana is related to the Chichimeca and coastal peoples of Mesoamerica. This museum reveals its rich, 1400-year history with displays on the Chalchihuite’s environment, religion and daily life.

The most important city of the most ancient culture. Its monumental sculptures are unique, as are the little instruments and delicate jewelry that its inhabitants knew how to make. The museum also exhibits very fine pottery and a mockup of an Olmec dwelling.

Owners of turquoise, proprietors of the calendar and lords of time. This is how the inhabitants of this ancient city were known. They ruled over the Costa Grande in the modern state of Guerrero and were influenced by Olmec and Teotihuacan cultures, as can be seen in their fine pottery and hydraulic works.

The incomparable city of the Olmec, Zapotec and Mixtec peoples, inhabited over a period of 1500 years. Monte Albán occupied a mountain top, and is where the treasure of Tomb 7 was found. The site museum presents its evolution and the extent of its rich culture. A UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The principal Tlaxcalan fiefdom in 1519, with the remains of a temple built a century before, whose mural paintings show Tezcatlipoca on fire and other symbols of religious sacrifice, such as Xiuhcatl, or the fire serpent descending like a stream of blood.

The city of King Pakal, whose sumptuous tomb was discovered by archeologist Alberto Ruz Lhuillier in 1952. The museum houses his rich collection and shows the great skills of the ancient Maya as sculptors and metal workers, their funeral customs, the life of the elite and of the populace.

Important Maya trading city on a tributary of the river Usumacinta 14 centuries ago. Allied to Palenque, it was defeated by its neighbours. A spread-out city, with airy temples built on adjacent hilltops. This rich museum exhibits the treasures found in the digs.

A small museum with three galleries features a sample of the 3,200-year-old sculptural masterpieces from San Lorenzo Tenochtitlan on the banks of the Coatzacoalcos River: the cultural legacy of the great Olmec city.