Museo del Ámbar

5 Eddy Della Francia - 6 months ago

A Must-Visit in San Cristobal. This museum is in a historical building convent. It keeps the most Amazing unique Amber collection with pride and care. If you are curious to see (or purchase) this million-years old rock this is a great place. We have visit the workshop and discussed with the artists that worked on the pieces and its director and curator. It was a great and authentic experience. We highly recommend you visit this place.

4 Carlos Ramirez - a year ago

Nice, compact museum dedicated to Amber. Most of the focus is Chiapas. They also discuss the global history and use of amber. The building is historic which used to be a convent then later a prison. Fee is inexpensive, less than 2 USD. Allow at least an hour or 1.5 hours. Nice shop which includes certificate of authenticity. Staff is attentive, knowledgeable and helpful. Learn here before buying on the street or in the market. Spend a few minutes watching the videos at the end of the exhibit.

4 P. Perez - 3 months ago

Small but cute museum. Worth visiting and inexpensive. Lots of ambar in all forms and shapes. Very informative videos. There is a very friendly cat which loves to be cuddled. There is a good ambar shop with plenty of types and shapes.

4 Hilary L. Chow FRAS - 3 months ago

It has a break during the day so it wasn't open when I was there. But it's a nice building

5 Hanevy White - a year ago

Loved it! They have 2 videos about working the amber and how to recognize fake ones, it was very interesting. The building was beautiful too.

3 Richard Parker - 8 months ago

30 pesos entry. There is a display of amber plus two old videos, one describing how to tell fake amber, and the other about polishing amber. There are English subtitles.

It takes about 30 minutes maximum to look around.

To be honest it was not very inspiring.

2 Natalia Valenta - a year ago

Sorry for the low score,but Unfortunately it was nothing special to me.
I'm from Lithuania originally, Baltic sea,where really a lot of amber is.So if I compare the huge Amber museum in Palanga with this in San Cristobal,is very small,not a lot of exponats,it took me 10 min to visit it all.But for somebody who never seen it, may be interesting:)