All about Museo de la Luz in Mérida, Mexico

Museo de la Luz (Museum of Light), newly opened November 2023, is located in the third section of the huge Gran Parque La Plancha (also newly opened November 2023). The museum is located on the corner of Calle 43 and Calle 50.

The Museum de la Luz was founded jointly by the National Autonomous University of Mexico and the government of the Yucatan. The exhibition delves into the mysteries of color and light to explore its physical, psychological, technological and cultural nature.

It is a place of convergence of disciplines, from physics to fine arts, from biology to the humanities, and it approaches the phenomenon of light with a multidisciplinary, holistic, playful and didactic perspective.

Exhibition areas

The museum has six permanent exhibition areas and a room for temporary exhibitions.

There is also an experimental science and art laboratory, a workshop area and a public service area. As the museum is located in the newest, most beautiful and largest park in Mérida, it is of course a good idea to plan a little more time for this place.

Yucatán Railroad Museum

The Museo de los Ferrocarriles de Yucatán (Yucatán Railroad Museum) with old locomotives and wagons is also located in Gran Parque La Plancha - the site was the former railyard of the Ferrocarriles Unidos de Yucatán (United Railways of Yucatán).

The Railroad Museum houses an impressive collection of over 200 historical artifacts, including locomotives, wagons and tools. There are more than 20 historic locomotives on display that were used during the heyday of the railroad in the Yucatán.