La Ruta Maya Foundation announces the opening of its new headquarters in Guatemala City, featuring a temporary exhibition gallery and a comprehensive library with resources on archaeology, anthropology, art history, ethnography, Pre-Columbian art, and biodiversity, among other topics.
The Foundation, known for promoting Mayan culture and art through thematic and interpretive exhibitions, both in Guatemala and abroad, now has the opportunity to share its Pre-Columbian collection from its new location and invites the public to visit the exhibition “Masterpieces of the Pre-Columbian Artist,” which inaugurates its activities in this new phase.
The objects in exhibition, like the rest of the collection, have been recovered by the Foundation and registered as part of the Nation’s cultural heritage in the Cultural Property Register, remaining in its custody to be documented, preserved, studied, and exhibited to the public for educational purposes. The exhaustive cataloging and documentation have been achieved thanks to the collaboration of academics and students from different disciplines, especially archaeologists, epigraphers (who decipher hieroglyphic texts), ceramists, biologists, and even musicians.
This first exhibition brings together nearly one hundred extraordinary pieces from different regions of the country, crafted with great technical and artistic mastery. It highlights the artists-craftsmen or women of antiquity: Who were they? What materials did they work with? What importance did they have in society? What techniques did they use? And how do those same techniques and innovations continue today with contemporary artisan-artists?
Visitors can closely examine not only delicately painted vessels, but also innovative artifacts for the period, such as a thermos designed to keep food warm, the use of stamps to replicate decorations, and molds for the mass production of figurines and vessels. Thanks to epigraphic research, the inscriptions on some monuments have been deciphered, and vessels belonging to the same owner have been brought together for display. Several objects include a QR code that provides access to an explanatory video or a 3D model.
Part of the inaugural collection has been exhibited in Guatemala City, Antigua Guatemala, and Quetzaltenango before traveling to temporary exhibitions abroad in accredited museums in El Salvador, North America, and three European cities. Among the most significant pieces are vessels whose inscriptions indicate they were used for drinking cacao, and fine jewelry made of jade, shell, and coral.
The exhibition will be open to the public starting today and will feature rotating temporary exhibitions for visitors to enjoy.
Where: Fundación La Ruta Maya, Avenida Las Américas 19-60, Zone 13, Guatemala City
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sundays during the “Pasos y Pedales” program, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Donation: Children: Q. 5; Students with ID and seniors: Q. 10; Adults: Q. 15; and foreigners: Q. 45 (just under US$6)
Fernando Paiz, president of the Foundation, cutting the opening ribbon
Tomás Barrientos, director of the Department of Archaeology at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, with Panel 1 of Cancuen
Sound documentation by Bladimir Vásquez, director of the Kinich Museum of Musical Instrument
Foundation staff with advanced students from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Universidad de San Carlos and Universidad Mariano Gálvez
Guatemala, November 7, 2024
La Ruta Maya Foundation announces the opening of its new headquarters in Guatemala City, featuring a temporary exhibition gallery and a comprehensive library with resources on archaeology, anthropology, art history, ethnography, Pre-Columbian art, and biodiversity, among other topics.
The Foundation, known for promoting Mayan culture and art through thematic and interpretive exhibitions, both in Guatemala and abroad, now has the opportunity to share its Pre-Columbian collection from its new location and invites the public to visit the exhibition “Masterpieces of the Pre-Columbian Artist,” which inaugurates its activities in this new phase.
The objects in exhibition, like the rest of the collection, have been recovered by the Foundation and registered as part of the Nation’s cultural heritage in the Cultural Property Register, remaining in its custody to be documented, preserved, studied, and exhibited to the public for educational purposes. The exhaustive cataloging and documentation have been achieved thanks to the collaboration of academics and students from different disciplines, especially archaeologists, epigraphers (who decipher hieroglyphic texts), ceramists, biologists, and even musicians.
This first exhibition brings together nearly one hundred extraordinary pieces from different regions of the country, crafted with great technical and artistic mastery. It highlights the artists-craftsmen or women of antiquity: Who were they? What materials did they work with? What importance did they have in society? What techniques did they use? And how do those same techniques and innovations continue today with contemporary artisan-artists?
Visitors can closely examine not only delicately painted vessels, but also innovative artifacts for the period, such as a thermos designed to keep food warm, the use of stamps to replicate decorations, and molds for the mass production of figurines and vessels. Thanks to epigraphic research, the inscriptions on some monuments have been deciphered, and vessels belonging to the same owner have been brought together for display. Several objects include a QR code that provides access to an explanatory video or a 3D model.
Part of the inaugural collection has been exhibited in Guatemala City, Antigua Guatemala, and Quetzaltenango before traveling to temporary exhibitions abroad in accredited museums in El Salvador, North America, and three European cities. Among the most significant pieces are vessels whose inscriptions indicate they were used for drinking cacao, and fine jewelry made of jade, shell, and coral.
The exhibition will be open to the public starting today and will feature rotating temporary exhibitions for visitors to enjoy.
Where: Fundación La Ruta Maya, Avenida Las Américas 19-60, Zone 13, Guatemala City
Hours: Tuesday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sundays during the “Pasos y Pedales” program, 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Donation: Children: Q. 5; Students with ID and seniors: Q. 10; Adults: Q. 15; and foreigners: Q. 45 (just under US$6)
Fernando Paiz, president of the Foundation, cutting the opening ribbon
Tomás Barrientos, director of the Department of Archaeology at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, with Panel 1 of Cancuen
Sound documentation by Bladimir Vásquez, director of the Kinich Museum of Musical Instrument
Foundation staff with advanced students from Universidad del Valle de Guatemala, Universidad de San Carlos and Universidad Mariano Gálvez
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