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The museum was created from the Blom's private collection. Presently, we have five permanent exposition rooms and two temporary exhibit rooms.

--The Lacandón Room-

This ethnographic collection reflects artifacts and gifts collected from the trips our founders made to the Lacandón jungle. Here you can find artifacts reflecting the Lacandón's religion, musical instruments, traditional textiles as well as elements comprised of their daily life.

--The Explorers Room-

The trips to the jungle during the first half of the twentieth century were arduous, often lasting for many months. Through the displayed photography and the video "Men, mules and machetes", the visitor has an idea of how the Bloms' expeditions were carried out.

--The Moxviquil Room--

This room carries the name of an archaeological site located at the top of the XX mountains, two kilometers (approximately one and a quarter miles) from San Cristóbal . This site is considered one of the most important ceremonial centers in the valley. Frans Blom conducted excavations here in 1952 and Dr. Weigant again in 1953; to date, no other person has carried out additional excavations at the site. In the exhibit room, there are examples of ceramics, lítica as well as skeletons that demonstrate the funerary customs of the ancient inhabitants of the valley.
Also, we can see here some fine examples from Frans Blom's various expeditions and investigations made in the Lacandona Jungle , Oaxaca and other parts of México. Aside from his work as an explorer and archaeologist, Frans was also skilled as a cartographer. He is noted for crafting the first map of the Lacandón Jungle, which later served
as a model for present-day maps.

--The Chapel-

The Chapel is physically one of the clearest examples of the neoclassical style constructed in San Cristóbal from the end of the nineteenth century. This style can be observed in the distinct elements that conform the chapel: its columns, its original paint found on the ceiling and altar. Although the chapel was never consecrated or used for religious purposes, it represents a fine location to observe religious Chiapanecan paintings and sculptures from the sixteenth to nineteenth centuries.

--Gertrude Duby Blom's Bedroom--


After her death in December 23, 1993, "Trudi's" room was maintained as a space to display her distinctive suits, jewelry collection and personal objects. In the corridors of the Na Bolom home, one can appreciate the home's
unique as well as diverse art collection comprised of forged iron crosses and Gertrude Duby's paintings. In addition, the corridors are adorned by artwork donated by different artists, one noted example being the collection of photographs taken of our founder.