Museo de la Canción Yucateca, Mérida, Yucatán

The Museo de la Canción Yucateca Asociación Civil (Museum of the Yucatecan Song) is a museum located in the city of Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico. Founded in 1978, its mission is to rescue, preserve and promote the characteristic music and cultural background from the Yucatán Peninsula.

The museum was conceived by Mrs. Rosario Cáceres Baqueiro, granddaughter of the creator of "trova yucateca", Cirilo Baqueiro Preve, better known as Chan Cil. It is located in an old colonial style house that was built at the end of the 19th century, in the neighborhood of La Mejorada in the center of the city; the house was donated to the museum in 2001.[1] The building was restored in 2015 at a cost of 20 million pesos.[2] The courtyard has full size statues of singers Pepe Domínguez, Guty Cárdenas and Ricardo Palmerín. There is a theater, and displays include musical instruments, phonographs, musical scores, photographs, paintings, and sculptures.[3]

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References

  1. ↑ Vargas-Cetina, Gabriela (12 September 2017). Beautiful Politics of Music: Trova in Yucatán, Mexico. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780817319625.
  2. ↑ Hernández, A.; Ricárdez, C. (1 February 2015). "Clausuran el Museo de la Canción para dejarlo 'como nuevo'". Sipse. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  3. ↑ "Disfruta de una visita al Museo de la Canción Yucateca". Descubro. Grupo Megamedia. 11 October 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2017.

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