El Museo de la Cancion Yucateca

Founded in 1978, its mission is to rescue, preserve and promote the characteristic music and cultural background from the Yucatán Peninsula.

The Museo de la Canción Yucateca is a non-profit Civil Association founded on November 5, 1978, at the initiative of Mrs. Rosario Cáceres Baqueiro de Manzanilla, granddaughter of the father of the Yucatan trova Cirilo Baqueiro Provides “Chan-Cil” with the mission of rescue, preserve, promote and disseminate the Yucatecan song, making its creators: authors, poets, composers and Yucatecan performers known to national and international society.

Unique of its kind in the entire country, the Museo de la Canción Yucateca, A.C. It is located in the City of Mérida, Yucatán in a beautiful 19th century mansion located in the Cultural Quarter of la Mejorada, at the entrance stand out the monumental bronze sculptures of the three great composers: Guty Cárdenas, Ricardo Palmerín and Pepe Domínguez, who filled with glory the golden age of Yucatecan song.