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Mummy Museum

Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico

Featured Review : One of the most intriguing and unusual spectacles that one can see during a visit to Guanajuato is a stop at El Museo de Las Momías, a museum dedicated to the preservation of a group of naturally-mummified remains that w...See Full Review

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Mummy Museum Reviews

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Museo de las Momias

  • 5 out of 5 stars by jonbarb709 from The Villages, Florida
  • January 31, 2006
Quote: A one-of-a-kind. There are over 100 mummified bodies here. There were preserved because of the soil content in the cemetary. They are in glass cases, some have clothing, and others are naked and look like leather. Go to go. Take a bus (momias):... Read the full Mummy Museum review

From journal Week in Guanajuato, Mexico

Mummy Museum

  • 4 out of 5 stars by Annika1 from Rothesay, New Brunswick
  • October 12, 2005
Quote: The tour is very well done. We were taken through the entire compound and given the entire history of the mummies and area.

From journal Mexico

House of Horrors: El Museo de Las Momias

  • 2 out of 5 stars by sararevell from London, United Kingdom
  • August 20, 2005
Quote: I almost don’t want to describe this place, as it has to be seen to be believed. It’s at the end of a busy and dusty road where vendors congregate to tackle tourists entering and leaving the museum. It’s about a 30-minute walk from the Jardin Union,... Read the full Mummy Museum review

From journal Guanajuato and the Dawn Chorus

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El Museo de Las Momías

  • 5 out of 5 stars by Coach Bear from Trenton, Illinois
  • July 21, 2005
El Museo de Las Momías
Quote: One of the most intriguing and unusual spectacles that one can see during a visit to Guanajuato is a stop at El Museo de Las Momías, a museum dedicated to the preservation of a group of naturally-mummified remains that were found in the city’s... Read the full Mummy Museum review

From journal Guanajuato: City of History, or Myth?

Mummy Museum

  • 3 out of 5 stars by LDE from Austin, Texas
  • November 17, 2002
Mummy Museum
Quote: Museo de las Momias/Salon del Culto a la Muerte Somehow it was discovered that bodies in a local cemetery were remarkably well preserved--a tourist attraction was born. If families were not able to pay the rent on a cemetery plot, their loved... Read the full Mummy Museum review

From journal Guanajuato