Villahemosa

The La Venta Museum Park is an open-air museum located in the city of Villahermosa in the State of Tabasco and houses one of the largest collections of pieces belonging to the Olmec culture, discovered in the pre-Hispanic city of La Venta. This museum was designed, organized and assembled by the Tabasco poet Carlos Pellicer. Its inauguration took place on March 4, 1958 and it is the only open-air museum in Latin America.The museum has an area of 6.8 hectares in which a collection of 33 archaeological monuments is displayed, including altars, steles, colossal heads and 33 monoliths dating from the years 1300 to 200 BC, and its content is complemented by around 421 species of living fauna, including mammals, birds and reptiles, in addition to the representative flora of this tropical region. The park organises guided tours, painting workshops for children, lectures, book presentations and art competitions. It has a multi-purpose room, interactive kiosk, craft shop and cafeteria, as well as a modern light and sound show that is presented at night.