Tiled-roof houses and a volcano among clouds in Antigua Guatemala.

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Museums of La Antigua

The Casa Santo Domingo Archaeological Museum and the Colonial Art Museum; their hours come from an undated directory.

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    Casa Santo Domingo Archaeological Museum

    Casa Santo Domingo, La Antigua Guatemala. The pin is an OpenStreetMap node named "Casa Santo Domingo" and tagged as a museum: it marks the Casa Santo Domingo complex, not the Archaeological Museum itself or the entrance.9.9 km in a straight line from the regional map centre

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    A museum in La Antigua Guatemala with pottery and stone objects, mostly from the Maya Classic period, according to the Ministry of Culture's cultural directory.

    Hours and fee not confirmed with the museum: they come from the Ministry of Culture's cultural directory, with no visible date. Check before you go.

    Source: SIC (Ministerio de Cultura) – Museo Arqueológico Casa Santo Domingo (consulta oct. 2026) · 2026

    Practical details and sources
    Entry
    Q48, according to the Ministry of Culture's directory (no visible date).
    Hours
    Monday to Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and Sundays 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., according to the same directory.

    Nearby: Las Capuchinas convent (0.5 km) · Santa Teresa de Jesús (0.7 km) · Santa Clara convent (0.7 km)

    Sources: SIC (Ministerio de Cultura) – Museo Arqueológico Casa Santo Domingo (consulta oct. 2026)

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    Colonial Art Museum

    5.ª calle oriente no. 5, La Antigua Guatemala. The pin marks the museum in OpenStreetMap; it is not the entrance.9.4 km in a straight line from the regional map centre

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    A Ministry of Culture museum in the building that housed the University of San Carlos from 1768 to 1777, opened as a museum in 1936, with colonial-era painting and sculpture, according to the Ministry's cultural directory.

    Hours not confirmed: the Ministry of Culture's directory gives a regular schedule from Tuesday to Sunday and a "pandemic" one from Thursday to Sunday, both 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Check before you go.

    Source: SIC (Ministerio de Cultura) – Museo de Arte Colonial (consulta oct. 2026) · 2026

    Practical details and sources
    Entry
    Guatemalans Q5 and foreign visitors Q50, according to the Ministry of Culture's directory (no visible date).
    Hours
    The directory gives Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (regular) and Thursday to Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ("pandemic hours").

    Nearby: Santa Clara convent (0.2 km) · Las Capuchinas convent (0.4 km) · Santa Teresa de Jesús (0.5 km)

    Sources: SIC (Ministerio de Cultura) – Museo de Arte Colonial (consulta oct. 2026)

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