Rossbach Museum
Located on the south side of the Church of Santo Tomás, this museum houses a collection of pieces of jade, obsidian, ceramic, ceremonial masks, kitchen utensils, incense burners etc. Father Rossbach was the parish priest of Chichicastenango and upon his death; his collection became a part of the cultural heritage of the country.
Máscaras Ceremoniales Museum
This Museum of Ceremonial Masks is the last building on the path leading to Pascual Abaj. This is where the wooden masks that are used in the traditional dances, as well as where they prepare the costumes for the traditional dances of this municipality and other towns. It houses masks that were carved over a century ago and has been operated by four generations of the same family.
Popol Vuh
This ancient document is known as the Sacred Book of the K’iche’. The significance of the Popol Vuh is that there are very few early accounts of Mesoamerican mythologies. Its survival is attributable to the 17th century Dominican friar Francisco Ximénez, was working in Chichicastenango where he found a moldy manuscript in a wall of the convent of the Church. It related the history of the Maya-K’iche’ people and their traditions concerning their mythology and symbols.
He compiled a manuscript in Spanish circa 1701 either from an earlier 16th century manuscript by a literate K’iche’ nobleman or Fr. Ximénez transcribed an oral account that had survived.