Casa de los Venados

wow!!! had such an AMAZING experience doing this tour! soooo worth it if you are in the area! the cost is 100 pesos per person and goes to local charities and organizations. all of the artwork is spectacular and so intriguing! our guide sergio was very informative, friendly and funny! cant recommend enough 😊

This is a unique experience, one we will never forget. We rang the bell, no prior reservations, and Sergio greeted us warmly. We were given a tour of personal home (a grand home, for sure, one like we had never seen!) that contains a folk art collection of over 3000 incredible pieces of folk art, most made of clay, wood, or metal. Paintings, piñatas, shape shifter sculptures, pottery, incredible! The owner still lives in a portion of the house and greeted us, spent some time with us, and we even met his beloved dog, Mia (who has her own toy collection on view). We will return when we are back in the area. Honestly, don’t miss this opportunity. All proceeds go to local charities. What an experience! And we thank Sergio - you won’t find a friendlier tour guide anywhere.

Visited on a whim when looking for something to do during the day and was not disappointed! The amount of art is overwhelming and impressive. It was very cool to see the variety of Mexican art and to learn the history of several pieces. Our guide was excellent, providing the tour in English for us and was super knowledgeable. The house itself is gorgeous and was really cool to experience.

Sergio was the most wonderful friendly and knowledgeable guide. We really enjoyed our visit around the house and appreciated that we were allowed to wander and ask as many questions about the pieces of art as we wanted. We felt very fortunate to be only a group of 4 people in total, as Sergio mentioned it can get very busy which I imagine would change the experience.

Absolutely beautiful!! Great tour, great tour guides and an absolutely incredible collection of Mexican folklore and art. Also very unique as it’s a house rather than a museum. So the owners even live there still and the only part you can’t access is their room. Such a fun experience for all ages! Best part is, the admission cost (100 pesos) all goes directly to charity. They’ve done a lot great work. Must see!!

Totally worth the visit if you are in Valladolid! This is a private collection of over 3,000 pieces of Mexican folk art from different states of Mexico. Every inch of the house is filled with incredible works of art. Since this is a private house, you have to arrive for one of the guided tours, you can not enter the house freely. There are 5 guided tours daily. One tour for sure starts at 1pm, but I did not catch the start times for the other tours of the day. A donation of 100 pesos/5 US dollars is collected at the end of the tour.

A must visit if you are in Valladolid and interested in Mexican craftmanship. Tours run daily at 10, 11:30, 13, 14 and 15. A contribution of 100 pesos is suggested but not compulsory, and will be directed to local charities. Including a couple of pictures to give an idea but won't spoil the surprise with the best gems :)

Absolutely stunning private art collection of an American couple, who made their private house into a museum. You can visit with a very interesting guided tour, no tickets or reservation needed, only 100 pesos/person donation which goes to local charity. Loved it, thank you! 😍

This is a fun visit into the home of some avid collectors of Mexican art. It's free with just suggested donations that go to charity. It is literally the home of a couple who have lived in Mexico for 50 years and collected tons and tons of art. They have guided tours throughout the day, and you may run into the owner or the house guests while you are there. We met their dog!

Very cool place if you like Mexican folk art. They ask for a donation for the tour. You can't buy tickets in advance. Just get there a few minutes before the tour starts. Tour take about an hour.

It doesn't look like much from the outside, but boy oh boy will you'll love it once you get inside. To see the pics of the transformation of this property to what it is today is eye opening. It's a beautiful home/museum and well worth your time. I visited on Oct 10, 2020. My guide told me that they offer tours at 10am, 11:30am and 1pm daily. If you have a large group and want to visit outside of these hours, you can call to see if a guide would be available. The guides are volunteers and tips are appreciated. The admission price to tour the casa is $100 pesos / $5 US (at the time of this post). The collection is mind blowing. I would definitely visit again.

If you are in the area or going to or back from Chichen Itza, you MUST visit this!!! It's a private residence open for visitors through extremely knowledgeable guides. So much Art! This is a collection from the last 4 or 5 decades by a couple who have opened it up to supervised tours. I shouldn't admit this, but we just drove in and rang the doorbell, while they have 5 scheduled tour times, someone greeted us and accommodated our group. Our guide was one of the most knowledgeable people in the culture and art of Mexico I have ever experienced. In addition of guiding us through selected rooms of thousands of pieces of art, from furniture to figures, to mosaics to paintings, from the backgrounds of the many languages and people of Mexico, you could also ask about any piece of art and he would provide information about the artist, how it became part of the collection, and what the artists intend or the political/cultural significance. You could go back many, many times and it would be like a new experience. I am definitely going back again. I also wanted to visit the cemetery on the other side of this large historic and authentic Yucatán village, but I ran out of time. I plan on staying in the village next time so I can focus on this museum as well as exploring here more.

Beautiful home right next to the main square. They have daily tours at 10am. Come see the beautiful home full of interesting mexican art and furniture. Suggested donation goes to local charities. I have been twice. It is like visiting an art museum. Tour lasts about an hour.

This is a spectacular private mexican arts and crafts collextion that should not be missed!

My experience at Casa/Museo de Arte Popular Mexicano Casa de los Venados (Valladolid, Yucatan, Mexico) was one of the worst I've ever had. Both the person at the front desk, as well as the owner, Mr. John Venator, were extremely rude to us, and we were verbally and physically abused by him, to a degree that I had never experienced before in my life. At the entrance there is a sign saying that they take "donations" worth of $100 (Mexican pesos) or US$5, to go in. I was there with my sister and her kids, and since she's an art teacher, and my nephews are middle school, and college students respectively, we inquired if some kind of discount was available for them. The person at the front desk treated us extremely disrespectfully, claiming that if we had no money we should not be trying to visit the Casa/Museo. First, this is, by no means, an adequate way of treating a visitor. We could afford the so-called "donation", but it is a general custom in Mexico and internationally to provide with discounts for school kids, teachers and the elderly. Second, donations are supposed to be voluntary, therefore if they are mandatory they should be called "entrance fee" or the like. This is telling us the the Casa/Museo IS NOT paying taxes for the charges they make, thus they are breaking Mexican law. After this encounter, we were very upset, and we demanded to have a word with the owner to let him know about the terrible treatment we were receiving, which was refused at first. We insisted, and made our way to the main room where the owner was hanging out. When Mr. John Venator realized we were there, he started yelling and cursing at us in front of other visitors. He yelled at me a long list of profanities, including some making a point of me being a woman (B***, C***, etc.). He also yelled that we had to leave and that we were not welcome at that place, and threatened us to call security, and then of releasing a couple of Doberman dogs he kept in the back yard. Please keep in mind that me and my sister are two ladies of 50-something years old, and we were with two kids of 14 and 18 years of age, and we were just demanding to be treated with respect, and nothing else. After this we left the place, and fortunately we decided not to let these horrible persons ruin our vacations, so we took it lightly and moved on. Nonetheless, these happenings are being taken to the proper authorities, and we are hoping some measures will be taken by them. We recommend NOT TO visit this Casa/Museo. If it's all about the money for them, they should not have a place like this, and at least they should be paying taxes.