[1] The museum is located 82 kilometres (51 mi) from Flores, the departmental capital, among the Maya Mountains in an area rich in archaeological sites.

[4] Construction of the museum was first proposed by the Dirección General de Caminos ("Highways Department") in 1998 as part of its plans to build a highway from San Luis to Flores in order to offset any damage to Guatemala's cultural heritage caused by the construction project.

[2] The agency responded positively and the Atlas Arqueológica was able to contract archaeologists from the Tikal National Park to carry out the restoration work.

[3] The museum is dedicated to the display of objects excavated by the Atlas Arqueológico de Guatemala within the southeastern Petén region.

[8] The display of artefacts is divided into periods, ranging from the Late Preclassic through to the Postclassic,[9] covering a span from 900 BC through to 1524 AD.

[14] The vase was a drinking vessel for chocolate and depicts a mythological scene featuring what looks like the moon goddess,[15] but is more likely the tonsured maize god, who, functioning as a lunar deity, carries a rabbit in his arms.

[15] Two rows of supernatural beings are seated on the floor before the throne, indicating that they are visiting the enthroned principal figures.

[17] The vase includes a dedicatory hieroglyphic text around the rim that identifies it as the drinking vessel of a lord of the city of Naranjo.