Following the tradition initiated by Gertrude Duby, Na Bolom also offers rooms for our guests. Each one of the 16 rooms is an extension of the museum, decorated individually with old furniture, artwork, textiles and photographs from the indigenous villages of Chiapas.

Na Bolom is an interactive complex that houses a museum, cultural centre, guest house, restaurant, artisan centre and research facilities all housed in an historic monument originally built to house a religious seminary in 1898.


Na Bolom is a Mexican based non-profit, non-governmental organization founded in 1951 by the Danish Archaeologist and explorer Frans Blom and the Swiss conservationist and photographer Gertrude Duby.

"We achieved our dream to live in San Cristóbal in 1950 when we bought this house. The main building was built in 1891.aside from its poor state, it was ideal for our plans. We wanted to give the house a name and then remembered Frans' first visit with the Lacandones in which they transformed his name to "Balum" which sounds similar to "Jaguar". In Tzotzil, the Maya language of the highlands, "Blom" converts to "Bolom" which practically sounds like Frans' last name. It was from this that we decided to name the house "Na Bolom" which means "the house of the jaguar". (Gertrude Duby)