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“Museo Popol Vuh: Universidad Francisco Marroquin” Museo Popol Vuh. 2 Oct. 2008
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*The museum takes its name from the Popol Vuh, a book written after the Spanish conquest of Guatemala that narrates myths and the pre-Hispanic history of quichés, whose kings dominated great part of the western plateau of Guatemala.
*The collection at the Popol Vuh Museum includes numerous objects related to myths of that book.
“Museo Popol Vuh: Gautemala City” Associacion FLAAR Mesoamerica. FLAAR Network. 2 Oct. 2008
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*The Museo Popol Vuh is the most modern of all the museums in Central America, in terms of physical facilities and in learning about advanced technology of display.
*The museum is operated by a Board of Directors of citizens of Guatemala interested in the preservation and public display of the collection.
*The museum is there to provide an educational focus for people who want to see and learn about the pre-Columbian past of Guatemala.
*The Museo Popol Vuh stands on the campus of the Universidad Francisco Marroquin in Zone 10. The Museo Ixchel de Textiles, Maya textile museum, is directly across the street.
“International Photographic Archive of Maya Art” 6 Mar 2000. Maya Art Book
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*Epigraphy, the study of writing systems, in this case Mayan hieroglyphic writing, has been part of Maya studies since the last century.
*In Maya studies, iconography is the analysis of meaning of the designs and symbols, identification of the clothing and accessories, recognition of the name, rank, and meaning of the deities and mythical personages, and discussion of the situation. Situation is usually the cosmological framework or state of being. The state of being may be life after death, trance, or under the influence of various potent native stimulants.
*Research on Maya art may include the analysis of style, of materials or of technique (how the colors were made, how the materials were prepared or worked).
“Popol Vuh” World 66: The Travel Guide You Write. Creative Commons. 2 Oct. 2008
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*More than 400 archaeological and colonial treasures are on permanent display.
*The exhibit galleries are organized chronologically beginning with the preclassic, Classic and Postclassic periods of the ancient Maya, followed by the colonial era.
*The preclassic gallery has the oldest portery pieces of the Museum's collection some dating back more than 3,000 years.
*The largest area of the permanent exhibit is dedicated to the Classic period.
*The Popol Vuh Museum is a private, nonprofit, scientific institution supported by its own funds and generous donations.
*The Museum was founded by Jorge and Ella Castillo who 20 years ago donated most of the collection of archaeological and colonial pieces which today are the basis of the Popol Vuh Museum.
