Museums

In Chetumal you can find different historical places to visit but we only focus our weblog in the following ones, although it does not mean that the other should be less important.

Cultural Center of Fine Arts:
From 1939 to 1989 was considered the first school in Quintana Roo. Now this building is the Cultural Center of Fine Arts,which house the Museum of the City and the Minerva theatre.
Mayan Cultural Museum:

It was inaugurated in 1993 and is considered the largest museum of the State dedicated to the Mayan Culture.

Museum of the City:

It was inaugurated in March 1999, here you can find historical documents, photographs, furniture, weapons and other objects about the history of Chetumal's foundation.

Cultural Polyforum Rafael E. Melgar:

It was inaugurated in 2008, here you can enjoy film festivals.

Monuments

We have too many important monuments in Chetumal. Although in this blog you will find the most essencial ones. But if you want to know the other ones you can visit us.

Monument to the flag:

It was the first monument built in Chetumal City in February 1943, is formed by a white obelisk that has a clock caratula in each one of its face.

Andrés Quintana Roo Monument:
It was inaugurated in the 70´s, is dedicated to Andres Quintana Roo ,in honor of who receives its name the state.

Lazaro Cárdenas del Río Monument:

It was inaugurated in January 1984 in honor of Lazaro Cárdenas, ex president of México, to whom recalls for to have re-established the Territory of Quintana Roo after his second suppression.

Cradle of the Crossbreeding Monument:
It was inaugurated in Octuber 1996 is located in the entrance of the City it has the form of a Mayan pyramid on which the statues are found of Gonzalo Guerrero, his wife Zazil-Há and the children of both, the first mexican mestizos.

Manatí Monument:

It was inaugurated in 1997 with the purpose of creating a lasting and eloquent message about the obligation to take care and to protect all the endangered species.

Renaissance Monument:

It was inaugurated in May 1998 , this monument express the will and renaissance of a town that knew to be raised of its adversity, as well as strange elements that happened during the hurricane Janet that whipped the city in 1955.

Monument to The Fisherman:

It was inaugurated in 1998, as an act of elementary justice, the government local command to carve a beautiful allegory in which stands out majestic the fisherman with its network; utensil that supports to capture the prized food.

Parks

Park of the Caymans:

It is the first park created in Chetumal city in the 40`s decades, its oficial name was "Josefa Ortiz de Domínguez" but due to the caymans that had, the town called it and continues calling "Park of the Caymans" although these are memory and history.

Venustiano Carranza Park (Las Casitas):

It was constructed in 1964, this park was the first to be constructed after "hurricane Janet"

Alameda park:

It was primarily the second jail "Aquiles Serdán". During the government of Mr. Margarito Ramírez.

Park of The Renaissance:

It was inaugurated in may 1998.This park is a symbol of the "hurricane Janet"

Comments

Making this blog was a great experience in which we learned a lot about the history of Chetumal. Using this blog will be very useful for everyone interested in learnig a little about Chetumal's history, including local people who are not aware about historical events in some important places in Chetumal. We hope you enjoy this work as we did, it is a very interesting blog. You won't regret to visit it!!!