There are not many tourist attractions in Guatemala City, but this one is a must see, Visit before you go into the interior highlands in order really to appreciate the native dress, called traje-trah hay. You can buy examples of many of the fascinating items on display at the used traje sales points two days a week in Panajachel in front of the fire station-or behind the signature church in Chichicastenango.
In a real sense the country comes to you in the Ixchel Museum, instead of the reverse.