MUSEUMS OF LIMA OF THE MINISTRY OF CULTURE MUSEO NACIONAL 1DE ARQUEOLOGÍA, ANTROPOLOGÍA E HISTORIA DEL PERÚ Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Collection: historical artistic and archaeological Av. San Martín Antropología e Historia del Perú The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru is the main public museum of the country. It hosts the main collections of ceramics, textiles, art works and historical documents. The museum has Calle Antonio Polo Plaza Cuartel Bolívar different exhibition halls exclusively dedicated for Bolívar cultures as Paracas, Wari, Inca, among others. Next to the museum is the Quinta de los Libertadores, a nineteenth century building where Joaquín de la Pezuela, last Peruvian Viceroy, used to live, as well as liberartors José de San Martín and Simón Bolívar during the Peruvian Jorge Chávez Independence process. Av. General ManuelJr. José Vivanco Santiago Wagner District: Pueblo Libre Jr. Carlos de los Heros Address: Plaza Bolívar Phone: +511 3215630 Email: [email protected] Admission: Monday to Saturday 8:45 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 8:45 am to 4:00 pm - 2 - - 3 - MUSEO DE SITIO 2HUACA PUCLLANA Collection: archaeological Carrión The museum exhibits the historical context of the Huaca Pucllana ceremonial center, monument of Lima culture. Independencia It reflects on the pre-Hispanic daily life and presents the worldview of the Huaca Pucllana inhabitants. In the museum you will see the remains of architecture Elías Aguirre Museo de Sitio and building technology of the archaeological site, Huaca Pucllana subsistence resources and the techniques of textiles, metals and stone tools used by its inhabitants. District: Miraflores General Borgoño Tarapacá Address: General Borgoño cuadra 8 Sarrio Phone: +511 6177138 / +511 6177148 Atahualpa Email: [email protected] Admission: Wednesday to Monday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Wednesday to Sunday 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm General Borgoño Av. Angamos Oeste - 4 - - 5 - MUSEO DE SITIO 3PACHACAMAC Collection: archaeological, ethnographical, historical artistic, paleontological The exhibition shows the pilgrimage made in 800 to 900 BC by people of the Andes to the Archaeological Sanctuary of Pachacamac. This pilgrimage extended until the Inca’s period with the expansion of the Qhapaq Ñan or Inca’s Trail, connecting various regions of the Andes currently located in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru. The pilgrims transported fine objects to the Pachacamac Idol in order to ensure the productivity of the land and the sea. These assets, currently on display, reveal both the hierarchy of the pilgrims and the diversity of societies that were connected by the sanctuary. District: Lurín Address: Antigua Carretera Panamericana Sur km 31.5 Phone: +511 3215606 / +511 3215607 Email: [email protected] Admission: Tuesday to Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and Sunday 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Antigua Panamericana Sur Antigua Panamericana Sur Museo de Sitio Pachacamac - 6 - MUSEO NACIONAL 4DE LA CULTURA PERUANA Collection: archaeological, historical artistic and Av. Guillermo Dansey ethnographical Huarochirí Av. Alfonso Ugarte Alfonso Av. Jr. Ascope This museum was founded by the researcher Luis E. Valcárcel and has one of the most significant collections of Plaza 2 Jr. Moquegua traditional art, that combines magic-religious syncretism, de mayo worldview and aesthetics of the coast, highlands and Av. Oscar R. Benavides tropical rain forest. The museum collection includes art Av. Nicolás de Piérola works by Joaquín López de Antay, Edilberto Mérida, Huarochirí Jesús Urbano, Mamerto Sánchez, among others. It also has a library which holds documental material about culture and popular arts. Museo Nacional de la Cultura Peruana District: Lima Jr. Zepita Address: Av. Alfonso Ugarte 650 Phone: +511 3215626 Francisco Retes Email: [email protected] Ugarte Alfonso Av. Admission: Tuesday to Saturday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm - 8 - - 9 - MUSEO DE SITIO 5“ARTURO JIMÉNEZ BORJA” - PURUCHUCO Londres Collection: archaeological Atenas Mónaco Berna First of its kind in Latin America, it was founded by Av. Javier Prado Este Dr. Arturo Jiménez Borja in 1960, after his research Av. Nicolás Ayllón (Carretera Central) of Puruchuco Archaeological Monument (1000-1532 Varsovia París AD). The exhibition is organized in thematic halls that Praga present the assets associated with agriculture, textiles and pre-Hispanic metallurgy, as well as those assets París in funerary contexts of the Puruchuco-Huaquerones Almansa Av. Javier Prado Este Museo de Sitio archaeological site. “Arturo Jiménez Borja” - Puruchuco District: Ate Address: Av. Prolongación Javier Prado Este cuadra 85 Phone: +511 3215623 Av. SeparadoraIbiza Industrial Email: [email protected] Admission: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 am to 4:30 pm Av. Javier Prado Este - 10- - 11 - MUSEO DE 6ARTE ITALIANO Collection: historical artistic This museum is a donation of the Italian community to the Peruvian Republic during the celebrations for the Centennial of Peruvian Independence. It is the only Italian art museum outside of Italy. Its collection has art pieces from the early twentieth century, which includes mainly genre painting, characterized by presenting scenes of daily life such as family celebrations, interiors of taverns, family portraits, markets, beaches, among others. District: Lima Address: Paseo de la República Phone: +511 3215622 Email: [email protected] Admission: Tuesday to Sunday 10:00 am to 4:30 pm Av. Franklin D. Roosvelt Centro Cívico Jr. Lampa Av. Wilson Jr. Azángaro Jr. Miguel Aljovín Paseo Av. España de los Héroes Navales Museo de Arte Italiano Parque Juana Alarco de Dammert Jr. Cotabamba Vía Expresa Plaza Miguel Grau Grau Av. Paseo Colón - 12 - MUSEO DE SITIO 7HUALLAMARCA Collection: archaeological The museum exhibits collections of assets recovered in research projects carried out at the Huallamarca Archaeological Monument, where three different occupations were found: a ceremonial center, a cementery and a public building. The exhibition shows pottery, basketry, wood, pyro-engraved gourds, musical instruments, textiles and agricultural tools that were included as offers in the burials of important characters of Ychsma culture. District: San Isidro Address: Av. Nicolás de Ribera 201 Phone: +511 2224124 Email: [email protected] Admission: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Los Naranjos Los Cipreses Av. Jorge Basadre Víctor Andrés Belaunde Av. Jorge Basadre Los Alamos Los Robles Museo de Sitio Huallamarca Av. El Rosario Choquehuanca Av. Santo Toribio Lizardo Alzamora Oeste Choquehuanca - 15 - CASA MUSEO 8“JOSÉ CARLOS MARIÁTEGUI” Collection: historical artistic and biographical This house was the residence of the Peruvian writer and intellectual José Carlos Mariátegui, known as The Amauta. By showing his epistolary production and other personal objects, the exhibition reflects his political, literary and intellectual trajectory at the beginning of the twenty century. Also, it shows the Red Corner, an emblematic space for social gatherings to create and share the ideals of a whole generation of Peruvian intellectuals. District: Lima Address: Jr. Washington 1946 Phone: +511 3215620 Email: [email protected] Admission: Monday to Friday 8:30 am to 5:00 pm Jr. Washington Jr. Yauyos Av. Guzmán Blanco Jr. Yauyos Casa Museo José Carlos Mariátegui Av. 28 de Julio Av. 28 de Julio Av. 28 de Julio Av. SalaverryAv. - 17 - MUSEO DE SITIO 9“EL MIRADOR DEL CERRO SAN CRISTÓBAL” Collection: historical Eleboros Adelfas It is located on top of San Cristóbal’s Hill, which Taconas was considered an apu or protector of the city in Av. Flores de Primavera pre-Hispanic times. The museum, located next to Calle HCalle CalleI J a cross erected by the priests Francisco Aramburú Canto Grande and Francisco Javier Ampuero, offers a permanent Museo de sitio Adelfas “El Mirador del Las Anemonas exhibition of photographical reproductions of Lima Cerro San Cristóbal” Av. Túpac Amaru since the beginning of the nineteenth century, Aromos documenting the growth and transformation of the city. In addition, it exhibits reproduction of photographs taken by Eugenio Courret and Fernando Garreaud. District: Rímac Address: Top of San Cristóbal’s Hill Canto Grande Phone: +511 3215625 Cabo Blanco Amazonas Av. Flores de Primavera de Flores Av. Pisco Admission: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm Av. Lima Av. Lima - 18 - - 19 - MUSEO DE Av. Canadá LA NACIÓN Av. Canadá 10 Cerro Blanco Naturaleza Av. Aviación La Arqueología Collection: archeological, ethnographical, Sechín historical artistic and paleontological Cultura In agreement with the Defensoría del Pueblo, the Yuyanapaq, para recordar photographical exhibition Cerro Colorido presents testimonies -based on the Final Report of the Comercio Truth and Reconciliation Commission- aiming to inform and recover the collective memory between 1980 to La Arqueología 2000 years. In addition, there are temporary exhibitions Gran Teatro that show the diversity of Peruvian’s cultural heritage Nacional Las letras and the diversity of cultural expressions. Museo de la Nación District: San Borja Address: Av. Javier Prado Este 2465 Av. Aviación Av. Javier Prado Este Phone: +511 618 9393 extension 2280 / 2307 Admission: Tuesday to Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm - 20 - - 21 - CASA DE LA 11 GASTRONOMÍA PERUANA Located in the former headquarters of the Post and Casa de la Gastronomía Telegraph Office in Lima, the museum shows the Peruana diversity of Peruvian gastronomy from