Ixchel Museum of Indigenous Textiles and Clothing, Indigenous textile museum at Francisco Marroquín University, Santa Catarina Pinula, Guatemala.

The Ixchel Museum is a textile museum at Francisco Marroquín University in Santa Catarina Pinula that focuses on traditional clothing, accessories, and ceremonial pieces from Guatemala's indigenous communities. The permanent collection and rotating exhibitions showcase the craft diversity from different regions of the country.

The museum is named after Ixchel, the Maya goddess of weaving, and is housed on the campus of Francisco Marroquín University in Guatemala City. Its collection covers textiles, dyes and techniques from the Spanish colonial era to the present, since pre-Columbian fabrics did not survive; pottery and Maya artifacts are displayed instead. In 2020 Fulbright scholar Erin Semine Kökdil worked with the museum while filming a documentary on Maya backstrap weaving.

The garments on display showcase the weaving traditions and design patterns that distinguish each indigenous group across Guatemala. You can see how different communities express their identity through the choice of colors, materials, and decorative techniques in their clothing.

The museum occupies a building on the Francisco Marroquín University campus in Santa Catarina Pinula, on the southern edge of Guatemala City. Its exterior is patterned after a woven textile, so look for the facade before entering. The galleries display textiles, ceramics, jewelry and books, with Mayan backstrap weaving among the arts shown.

The museum's exterior is designed to look like a woven textile pattern, so the facade echoes the cloth displayed inside. In 2020, Fulbright scholar Erin Semine Kökdil worked with the museum while filming a documentary on Mayan backstrap weaving.