MAYAN TEXTILES MUSEUM

Ixchel is the name of the Mayan goddess that represents fertility, the corn plant, and the moon, also believed to be the one that taught the ancient Mayan women to weave.

The modern Mayan tomen still weave their own clothing in Guatemala, pretty much in the same way their ancestors did centuries ago: using a waist loom and thread made out of cotton and died with natural source colours.

The oldest textiles, found in Mayan burials, date back to about 200 BC.

Today, the Ixchel Museum offers visitors not only a beautiful collection of some of the nicest mayan textiles, both ancient and modern, but also displays the history of the evolution of the mayan textiles, and plays short movies and documentaries about weaving, traditions and cultural aspects of the modern Maya people.

If you are interested in visiting or having more information, please contact us.