Museum of Comayagua, Archaeological museum in Comayagua, Honduras.

The Museum of Comayagua is an archaeological museum housed in a Spanish colonial house built at the end of the 16th century for Francisco del Barco y Santiponce, conqueror of San Jorge de Olancho. Its rooms open onto a central garden, the layout of a wealthy colonial family home. Ten exhibition rooms cover the archaeology of the Comayagua Valley, with polychrome Preclassic ceramics, jade pieces and objects from El Chilcal, Tenampúa, Las Vegas, Salitrón and Yarumela.

The house was built in the late 16th century as the private residence of Francisco del Barco y Santiponce, Spanish conqueror of San Jorge de Olancho. In 1860 President José María Molina confiscated it, and from 1862 it served as the Presidential House of Honduras whenever the capital was Comayagua, until the seat moved permanently to Tegucigalpa in 1880. A museum since 1940, it was restored and reopened in December 1999.

The museum is the only one in the world devoted to Lenca culture, and its name changed from Regional Museum of Archeology to Museum of Comayagua in 2008. The collection gathers polychrome ceramics, jade pieces and vessels from sites such as El Chilcal, Tenampúa, Las Vegas and Salitrón, alongside objects from Yarumela. A public library and an auditorium for cultural events occupy part of the building.

The museum occupies a colonial house with rooms arranged around a central garden, so visitors move from one exhibition room to the next along the courtyard. The building was restored in 1999 and reopened in December of that year. A public library and an auditorium for cultural events are also part of the museum.

The institution focuses entirely on the heritage of the Lenca people, a civilization whose story is seldom found in museums around the world. This specialized approach means you encounter material related to one specific culture rather than a general overview of the region.