What it's like
The Cozumel Museum sits in a building from the 1930s that was once one of the first hotels on the island. It has been renovated and now holds exhibits on local geography, ecosystems, history and culture.
A visit is a slow walk through the permanent rooms, with two temporary rooms for local and international artists and a room on 146 years of Carnaval tradition. It stands in the southern hotel zone, so it works best as a planned stop rather than a stroll.
Good to know
- The building has restrooms and a handicap-accessible elevator.
- A restaurant, Novena Ola, is on site, and some extra-cost activities are offered.
Cozumel Museum
The Cozumel Museum is a museum in a 1930s former hotel on the island's southern hotel zone. Four permanent exhibits and two temporary rooms cover island history, nature and culture.
Tours that go here
Prices are per person, booked with our partner, Shore Excursions Group.
San Gervasio
San Gervasio is the most important and best-studied pre-Hispanic site on Cozumel, a small ceremonial center in the northern part of the island. You walk its paths through jungle, past plazas and temples.
Punta Sur Eco Park
Punta Sur Eco Park is a reserve and lighthouse at the southern tip of Cozumel. You walk trails through dunes, lagoons and low forest, and climb to the Celarain lighthouse for wide views.
Chankanaab Park
Chankanaab is a natural park on Cozumel's south coast, with a sandy beach, a shallow snorkel area and a lagoon. Visitors snorkel off the sand, swim with animals or try a reef dive from here.
Playa Palancar
Playa Palancar is a white-sand beach club on the quiet west side of Cozumel, reached from the southern hotel zone. Day passes give you a lounge chair and umbrella, with a seafood restaurant and bar on site.
The same kind of day, elsewhere
Museums
