MUSEUMS AND GALLERIES

Inquisition Museum
The Inquisition and Congress Museum, functions in the old localities of the National Senate. It created July 26, 1968, has as mission the conservation and diffusion of the cultural patrimony to its charge, standing out the importance and significance of the Congress of the Republic in the national history.
Is one of the main museums of peru, the most concurred one and one of the museums of vanguard on a worldwide basis in which to quality of its services refers. Functioning in one of the oldest and important real estate of Lima, same that is considered as national monument therefore its history dates since the epoch of the foundation of the present Limean capital.
You Guide Visit :
The personnel of the museum will conduct yourselves free in its traveled through by our installations. The hard visit approximately an hour and the explanations are offered in Spanish, English, French, Italian, Portuguese and German.
Hourly:
The Museum attends the public visiting, every day of the week, in schedule run since the 9 to.m. to the 5 p.m.
To carry out its reservations can utilize the following media:
Phone-Fax:3117801 / 3117777-2910
E-mail: museo@congreso.gob.pe
Also you can carry out personally in the localities of the Museum, Jr. Junín 548 Street - Lima

Archiepiscopal Palace
The Archiepiscopal Palace was inaugurated in 1924, work of the Polish architect Ricardo Malachowski. Is a possessor of beautiful balconies carved with skillful care. Being communicated with the Cathedral of Lima through a backyarde of orange trees.

National Museum of Archeology, Anthropology and History
Being the oldest state museum of the country, the National Museum of Archeology, Anthropology and History of Peru, being constituted in the headquarters of the National System of Museums of the State. Situating its importance in the vast and various cultural patrimony that harbor its rooms of exposition and deposits.
In exposition you can found ceramic, textiles, metals, organic material and líticos related to human remainders conserved of invaluable characteristics with techniques that still surpriseing the experts, they conform the bequest of the pre-hispanic past of Peru. With landmark valuables and bibliographical, photographic, and documentary funds realizes the republican and colonial periods. All they do of this space a place of encounter with the national history.
Its historic architecture is constituted in the ideal place where the visitor, without importing its age or origin, can discover, to revive and to question the experiences of the ancestors of these lands.
Hourly:
From Tuesday to Sunday of 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Entrances:
National and foreign tourists: S/ 10
University Students: S/ 3
Children and School: S/ 1
Location: Plaza Bolívar s/n Pueblo Libre
Telephone: 4 63 50 70
Fax: 4 63 20 09
E-Mail: mnaahp@inc.gob.pe

"Gold of Peru" Museum
In the "Gold of Peru" museum unfolds the work of orífices, along various centuries of history, mainly in preincaico gold, there found exposed decorations of all the cultures like the narigueras penetrated, repoussage, with strips of stone trimmed, with play of watermark, with figures of birds, of men or of monkeys, cloaks, bracelets, earflaps and depilatories of Vicus; lizards, weasels, feline, markets of coca, earrings, belts of Frias; pectoral with zoomorfos motives, plains or repoussage crowns of Chancay; funeral masks, with rays twisted or snakes, of Ica; masks with serrated and open mouths, wristbands, greaves and spatulas to Nazca.
Location:
Alonso de Molina 1100 - Monterrico - Surco - Lima 33 - Perú
Phone-Fax:(51) 345-1292 - (51)345-1271 - (51)345-1787
Office hourly
From Monday to Friday of 9.00 am. to 7.00 pm
Visiting hours to the museum:
From Monday to Sunday of 11.30 am. to the 7.00 pm.
Days closed the museum:
1 of January, 9 of April, 1 of May, 28 of July, 25 of December.
Price of income:
Adult S/. 30.00
Children less than 11 years S/. 15.00
Guide Audio Service:
Multilingual
Contact us:
info@museoroperu.com.pe
oroperu@museoroperu.com.pe

Enrico Poli Collection
Pieces of colonial art of gold and silver - Huacos of the old Peru.
Entrance: US $15.00 for person
Schedule: every day previous appointment of 11:00 at 19.00
Address: Lord Cochrane 466-Miraflores
Telephone: 422-2437 and 440-7100

Museum of the Nation
Temporary exhibitions dedicated to the contemporary art.
Schedule: Tuesday to Sunday of 10.00 at 17.00
Address: Javier Prado Av. (East) 2465, San Borja
Telephone: 476-9875

Rafael Larco Herrera Museum
Founded in 1926, the Larco Museum showcases remarkable chronological galleries providing an excellent overview on 3000 years of development of Peruvian pre-Columbian history.
Located in a unique vice-royal mansion of the 18th century built over a 7th century pre-Columbian pyramid, is surrounded by beautiful gardens.
Features the finest gold and silver collection from Ancient Peru and the famous erotic archaeological collection, one of the most visited Peruvian tourist attractions.
For an unforgettable experience, Larco is one of the few museums in the world where visitors can also choose to enter the storage area with its 45.000 classified archaeological objects.
Its masterpieces are considered worldwide icons of Pre-Columbian art, after being exhibited in the worlds leading museums.
Taxi - 15 minutes from Miraflores, San Isidro or Limas International Airport.
Schedule : M - S 09:00 - 18:00 (daily including holidays)
Address: Av. Bolivar 1515, I Pueblo Libre. Lima 21, Peru
Telephone: (00511) 4611312 - (0511) 4611835
Fax: (00511) 4615640

Museum of Religious Art
Beautiful paintings and sculptures
Address: Square of Weapons, Lima, 1
Telephone: +51 1 427 5980
Schedules of opening: 10-12.45 h, 14-16.45 h Mon-Sun

Museum of Italian Art
Address: Paseo de la República 250, Lima.
Telephone: 423-9932.

Huallamarca Museum
Previously called Sugar Bread, it was baptized as Huallamarca by Julio C. Tello, the father of the Peruvian archaeology. It occupies an area of 13,000 square meters. Of him, 5,500 belong to the properly this monument, and the rest to the Museum of Place and free areas.
It was a ceremonial center in a pyramidal way. Their use was perhaps restricted to a priestly elite, since the discovered floors present little waste.
It has settled down that the mound has a nucleus or initial building in a staggered way. It forms a series of structures as enclosures, stairways, platforms and ramps that were enlarged and modified continually, by means of the adosamiento of walls and the placement of fillers to form new platforms.
The walls and platforms are built with irregular adobes made by hand. They are placed in horizontal arrays, together with mud, plastered with the same material, and completely colored of yellow. As chronological location is considered that Huallamarca originated in the Early Horizon (200 ac to 200 dc).
Address: intersection of the Rosario Av. and the Nicolás de Rivera Av., San Isidro.
Telephone.: (511) 440-2145.
Schedule : Tuesday to Sunday of 09:00 at 17:00 hours.

Borkas
Small art gallery that organizes local artists exhibitions, these, in their majority, expose paintings and sculptures, although the artists are young, there are also some famous name in exhibition.
The Borkas Gallery offers its visitors the opportunity to witness the last tendencies of a new generation. To visit this gallery is the perfect end of a cultural day.
Address: Colón 501- Lima - Peru
Telephone: +51 1 4452114

Santury Museum (Santa Maria University)
Catholic University Museum is one of the cultural representations in Perú. The museum was created in March 1997, thanks to important archaeology researches of “Santuarios de altura Del Sur Andino” project carry out by Johan Reinhard and José Antonio Chávez.
Santury museum is considered a Scientific Researches Institute. Its purpose is to programme, promote, develop, spread and evaluate scientific research.
Among the museum activities, we mention the following:
- Participation in national and international scientific researches.
- It has important achievements.

URL: santury@ucsm.edu.pe

Museo de Sitio Puruchuc
The museum is a place that reflects Peruvian culture. It was inaugurated on January 1st, 1961 by Arturo Jimenez Borja. It is located on Valley of Rimac River, in central coast. It was recently remodelled in 2000.
In the room exhibitions, there are archaeology objects and all concerning to Puruchuco characteristics; which will help visitors became familiarized with culture. Inside you can see a great amount of ceramics, textiles and carved objects collections.

Services
it has the following services:
- Guided visits
- Permanent exhibition room
- Metals exhibition
- Ceramics exhibition
- Textiles exhibition
- Children room
- Temporary exhibition room 1 Peru.
- Permanent parking lot

Tickets price
Adults S/ 5, 50
University students, teachers and retired people S/ 2, 00
Students S/ 1,00
Opening hours
Sunday to Friday 8:30 to 16:00hrs
Saturday and Sunday: 9:00 to 16:00hrs.
Address: Central road Km 4.5

Art Museum of Lima
The art museum in Lima has permanent exhibitions of the most representative art collections in Perú, which comes from pre-Columbian epoch to nowadays. Its purpose is to research about collections. In this way, it spreads art and culture.
It is one of the most beautiful architectural representations, surrounded by statues and gardens. It was recently declared historical monument of Perú.
The museum has the following rooms:

- Permanent exhibition room
Inside there are permanent Peruvian art exhibitions
Schedule: Tuesday to Thursday from 10:00 to 17:00hrs.
It is closed on Wednesday
- Temporary exhibitions room
Schedule: Thursday to Tuesday from 10:00 to 20:00hrs.
It is closed on Wednesday.
Address: Paseo Colón 125, Lima 1 (Cercado)


Banco Central del Perú Museum

The museum has the purpose to watch over and exhibit ancestors' art and culture, in order to make aware about cultural richness.
It has three exhibition areas: Archaeology, Contemporary Painting and Popular art. It has coin collections which were mint in XVI century and metal ceramics. The exhibitions rooms are organized as follows:

- 1: The bank origins
- 2: República foundation, changes from Sol de Plata a la peruvian Pounds
- 3: Bank Reserves,“Banco Central de Reserva” and “Sol de Oro”
- 4: Peruvian Bills
- 5: Peruvian Medals

It has the following services:
- Children Theatre
- Cine club

Opening hours:
Tuesday to Friday from 10:00 to 16:30 hrs
Wednesday from10:00 to 19:00 hrs
Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 to 13:00 hrs.
Free entering
Address: Jr. Ucayali, Jr. Lampa corner.
Telephone: 613-2000

Amano Museum
The museum was built by Yhositario Amano, exhibits archaeology objects as unique textiles and chancay blankets.
Opening hours
Monday to Saturday from 9:00 to 13:00hrs and from 15:00 to 18:00hrs.
Address: Retiro Street 160 Miraflores
Telephone: 441-2109

Pedro de Osma Museum
Museum founded by Pedro de Osma is a place with lots of American work arts: canvas and metal paintings, sculptures on Huamanga stone, furniture, silver objects, altarpieces, etc which dates from XVI to XIX century reflecting the best of that epoch.

Address: Pedro de Osma 421 Barranco
Telephone: (51 1) 4670063
Fax: (51 1) 467-0063

Opening hours
Monday to Sunday from 10.00 to 13:30, and from 14:30 to 18:00hrs.
tickets prices: adults S/10. children S/5

National Museum Sicán
The museum is situated in Ferreñafe city in central coast of Peru. It was inaugurated in 2001. It shows Lambayeque civilisation in 700 and 1300 (when Lambayeque was under chimú rules), objects like ceremonial knives also called tumí, gold masks, and all concerning these cultures.
Address: Batán Grande Avenue s/n, Pitipo Road, 18 km Terreñafe north.

National Museum of Peruvian Culture

Exhibits in the museum manifestations of folk art from all regions of Peru since pre-Hispanic times to the present: pottery, retablos, imagery, silverware and textiles. Library Service.
Address: Avenida Alfonso Ugarte 650, Lima 10. Fone: (01) 423 5892.