Ethnobotanical Park Museum Cuernavaca

Botanical Garden and Museum of Traditional Phototherapy is located on the estate of the XIX century in Cuernavaca. Full name of the garden - Ethnobotanical Park Cuernavaca. Traces of traditional medicine based on the use of medicinal herbs, can be traced here even in a museum surrounded by a garden. Indeed, the park was laid out in 1976 as part of the planned museum, telling about the medical traditions of the Indian population of Mexico. The park was laid out on the estate of Casa de la India Bonita, built under King Maximilian in the middle of the XIX century. Later, it was decided that the renovation of the garden and turn it into the present museum space. Today the territory of ethnobotanical preserve more than 4 hectares. Most of the garden is filled with unique plants, which served the ancient people with antibiotics, drugs and simply form an integral part of their diet. Before trees are installed signs with the name and description of plants their medicinal properties.