Six Museums and Galleries in Valladolid that you should visit

If you like art and history and are planning to visit Valladolid, we have six museums and galleries that you should visit. In Valladolid, you will find cultural life as well!

1. Moloch house

Our first recommendation of these six museums and galleries in Valladolid is Casa Moloch. This is not only an art gallery workshop but also a place where you can stay. Could you imagine waking up and having breakfast while appreciating artwork? Or stroll in the courtyard and have a pottery class close at hand? Well, this is possible at Casa Moloch. 

This incredible house-gallery-workshop was founded by Aura and Horazio Sánchez, who live with a friendly dog, a kitten, and some chickens. Casa Moloch is located at Calle 37 204b, between 46 and 48. You can get there on foot from the ADO bus station, which is just around the corner.

In the gallery, you can see paintings, prints, photography, ceramics, and art objects by local and international artists. You can even see some work made by Horazio, the host. In the workshop, they offer pottery classes, drawing classes, theater workshops, and much more.

At Casa Moloch, they organize events such as open-air cinema, painting exhibitions, poetry, concerts or book presentations. If you are interested in attending any of their events, you can check out their page on FaceBook.

2. Chocostory Museum -Valladolid

If you are a fan of chocolate and want to have an interactive experience, this museum is a great option. It is located in the central square of Valladolid on Calle 40 by 37 and 39.

This museum has 12 rooms that address the history of cocoa and its importance in Mayan culture. They also cover the process of making chocolate, its commercialization and industrialization in Europe, and its current situation.

Moreover, in the museum shop, you can taste delicious chocolates made in the region. An interesting fact is that a Belgian company is behind this project, and they founded this museum in 2018.

3. Ik-Kan Gallery

The Mayan word Ik-Kan means the wind and the serpent and is the name of this interesting gallery. Founded in 2016 by the Argentine artist Irene Altamirano and the Mexican artist Rafael Baca, it is located on Calle 36 x 37 y 39, in the center of Valladolid.

This gallery's objective is to investigate, innovate, create, and sell popular Mexican art. It specializes in masks, colorful alebrijes, and skulls made with the cartonería technique.

This Gallery offers its visitors three types of experiences: guided tours, the “paint your alebrije” workshop, and artistic stays. These services are offered in Spanish and English.

In the guided tours, you will learn about the creative process for creating alebrijes, masks, and skulls through the cartonería technique. In the workshop "paint your alebrije" you will experience the process of painting and decorating an alebrije. Also, you will learn the history, mythology, legends, and symbols involved. In the artistic stays, they look for the artists to develop their creative skills by decorating an alebrije from start to finish.

4. Paredes Gallery

This gallery belongs to Enrique Paredes, who offers personalized decorative paintings and custom murals, as well as exhibiting and selling his own works, such as the Fusion Frida-Catrina.

Some of the works made are portraits of pets or personalized paintings sent to countries such as Germany and France. Furthermore, they paint murals for local businesses, for example, the "Ceremonia maya cha'a chaak'' is a mural made by them for the Yaxkin restaurant.

They also offer painting courses for the general public. If you are looking for art at affordable prices, learning to paint, or simply delighting your eyes, Galería Paredes is a good option. It is located next to Cenote Zaci, on Calle 36, between Calles 39 and 37, in the center of Valladolid.

5. MUREM museum

MUREM are the initials in Spanish for the Museum of Ethnic Clothing From Mexico. This museum pays tribute to the traditional and contemporary textile art and design of the country's different ethnic groups. Its objective is to acquire and preserve Mexican ethnic clothing. It also seeks to tell the story of those who wear these garments in their daily lives, which remain a living memory.

This museum was founded by Tey Mariana Stiteler, a Mexican-American now living in Valladolid. She is a great admirer of these traditional textile jewels,and having gathered a large collection, she decided to found the museum. In 2020, Enpact.org and the TUI Care Foundation awarded this museum as one of the best tourism companies in Mexico.

This museum's social mission is to support the economy of the families of Valladolid and other surrounding communities. To do this, they created the project "Maya Mix-Six,” a package that contains six face masks embroidered by these families. If you want to collaborate with this cause, you can do it on their site or visit the museum, where you can visit their shop with many pieces handmade by local artisans. 

6. Bee Museum in Xkopek

Xkopek is a beekeeping park located at Calle 57 between streets 36 and 38, very close to the historic center of Valladolid.

This is a family project founded in 2016. Its objective is to spread, rescue, and preserve traditional Mayan beekeeping and teach about the fascinating world of honey and bees.

This incredible place is home to a large part of the region's culture and beekeeping tradition. The park offers diverse experiences, products, and services, such as beekeeping tours, Mayan cuisine, a honey store, a farm, camping, and a bee museum.

In this small museum, you will learn about the history of beekeeping and its importance to the Mayans and the world. An important fact is that the melipona bee does not have a sting and is a representative species of the region. In fact, Yucatan has 17 endemic species, and its honey is one of the most exported to the world. 

If you want to learn this and much more, be sure to visit this museum.

We hope you will soon visit one of these six museums and galleries in Valladolid; we are sure that you will love them. We also suggest you see the murals of the Municipal Palace, the San Roque Museum, and the Museum of the ex-convent of San Bernardino de Siena.

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