Best Museums & Art in Lima

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Did you know that on the first Sunday of each month, all Peruvian citizens can enter the state-run museums and archeological sites nationally for free? This day is considered the Day of Museums in Peru, thanks to a law promulgated by the Executive Power in July of this year. These dates are promoted by the Ministry of Culture with different activities, from artistic and cultural interventions to recreational activities. On Local experts, brings you a guide with the best museums in Peru.

Each region of the country has diverse cultural proposals and these are just some of the best museums in Peru that you can visit to spend a cultural, fun, and enjoyable time.

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National Museum of Peruvian Culture

National Museum of Peruvian Culture

The National Museum of Peruvian Culture is one of the most emblematic museums in Peru since that allows, since its inauguration, and through its different exhibits, the presentation of the different traditional artistic manifestations of each part of the Peruvian territory.

Basílica y Convento de San Francisco de Lima

Basílica y Convento de San Francisco de Lima

The crypts of San Francisco, which have gained fame with the name of catacombs for similarity to the Roman ones, are a series of underground vaults (under the chapels of the church), these were used until the early nineteenth century, and served as a burial to members of brotherhoods and brotherhoods.

Museo de Historia Natural

Museo de Historia Natural

The Natural History Museum, founded on February 28, 1918, is a dependency of the Rector's Office of the University in charge of collecting, researching and exhibiting organisms and representative samples of the Natural Heritage of Peru and of humanity in relation to Flora, Fauna and Gea, in order to generate scientific knowledge and impart it at all levels

Electricity Museum

Electricity Museum

It contains machines related to electrical installations such as a 5 kW generator. of power used in the decade of the 50s, a mini-hydroelectric power station that greatly facilitates the understanding of the operation of large power plants.

Pedro de Osma Museum

Pedro de Osma Museum

The Pedro de Osma Museum exhibits Peruvian artistic pieces from the fifth to the eighteenth century. The art works from Ancient Peru corresponds to the geographic area of the south Andes and belong to a private collection from Cuzco. Tiahuanaco and Inca cultures were developed on this territory.

Casa de la Gastronomía Peruana

Casa de la Gastronomía Peruana

The House of Peruvian Gastronomy was inaugurated on March 24, 2011 in the former Post and Telegraph House of Peru, a few meters from the Plaza Mayor of Lima. It was born as an institution of the Ministry of Culture with the aim of spreading the values of Peruvian cuisine, the origins of our culinary and affirming our cultural identity, which in recent years has achieved fair recognition worldwide.

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Museo de Arte Precolombino, Cusco

Museo de Arte Precolombino, Cusco

Formerly it was the "Amaru Cata" or "House of Knowledge", the school of the Incas, built almost two centuries ago. In 1550 the Spanish conquerors, capable of superimposing their culture and religion on the foundations of others, turned it into a house of religious retreat and later in the Monastery of Santa Clara.

Site Museum Winery and Quadra

Site Museum Winery and Quadra

Bodega Y Quadra House, Lima, Peru… ..As part of the Urban Renewal Program of the Historic Center of Lima, the Municipal Real Estate Company of Lima (EMILIMA, acronym in Spanish) has the mission of conserving archaeological remains, the restoration of historic buildings and the construction of modern social buildings in sectors where there are no vestiges of pre-hispanic or colonial buildings.

Real Felipe Fortress

Real Felipe Fortress

The Fortress of Real Felipe is located in the bay of Callao (Constitutional Province of Callao). On 28 October of 1746 being approximately 10:30 at night there was a strong earthquake that caused a tsunami that destroys the old fortress called the old prison. This one had 13 bulwarks, it was made based crushed cane and mud.

Marina Núñez Del Prado Museum

Marina Núñez Del Prado Museum

In the 1970s, the sculptor Marina Núñez del Prado Viscarra, born on October 17, 1910 in La Paz, Bolivia, installed her residence and workshop in what would later be her House Museum, located in the Ántero Aspillaga 300 street, in full heart of El Olivar Forest.

Casa de la Moneda de Lima - Museo Numismático del Perú

Casa de la Moneda de Lima - Museo Numismático del Perú

The Numismatic Museum of Peru, located in the former premises of the High Court of Accounts, shows the public the historical process of money in Peru, from the creation of the Mint in 1565 until today. This exhibition allows visitors to know the history of Peru through the symbols, facts, characters and ideals that have been engraved, printed and minted on our coins and bills.

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