As you should know already, Lima is a big city, not to say huge, the number of museums in it can be counted at least to seventy but Lima best museums are here.
The places mentioned here had been selected under many criteria in a way of giving you options that
1) you shouldn’t miss while in the city,
2) museums next to other places of interest,
3) museums for very particular interests and finally
4) close-by museums you can visit if you need a quick escapade from your hotel.
NACIONAL DE HISTORIA, ARQUEOLOGÍA E HISTORIA DEL PERÚ
Arqueological, etnographic, historical and artistic collection
From Monday to Saturday 8:45 a. m. a 5:00 p. m.
Sundays from 8:45 a. m. a 4:00 p. m
Not to be missed. This will take a big chunk of your time so take the necessary measures.
Ancient Peru treasures
Pueblo Libre
mon to sun 9am – 10pm (including public holidays, December 24th, 25th and 31st, and January 1st, from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm)
This is without a doubt one not to be missed, nothing else to say.
If you didn’t have the chance to go to the previous ones (both in Pueblo Libre), this one will give you the view of Peru you are still lacking.
Lima center
mon to sat 9am – 2pm
Two centuries of history along the first of its kind monumental cementery of the Americas.
Religious art and underground vaults of sepulture
corner of Jr. Ancash and Jr. Lampa – San Francisco square
mon to sun 930am – 530pm
A UNESCO cultural world heritage and a unique site of interest.
Precolumbian textiles
Miraflores
Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Monday by prior appointment
Reopened this 2015 with a whole new and modern proposal and great esthetic design allowing the visitor a closer approach to its amazing collection.
The most important gallery of peruvian art
Paseo Colón 125, Parque de la Exposición
Lima center
Open from: Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 A.M. to 7:00 P.M.
Saturdays until 5:00 P.M. First Friday of each month until 10:00 P.M. Closed on: Mondays, Labor Day (May 1), Christmas (December 24-25), and New Year (January 1)
It presents a collection, covering 3000 years of art in Peru, from pre-Columbian times to the present day.
MAC ♿
National and international modern and contemporary art
Barranco
tue to sun 10am – 6pm
A 1950-and-on collection. Beautiful location and free admission to get-away-garden. Optional triple ticket for MATE-Museo Pedro de Osma-MAC
Mario Testino photography
Barranco
tue to sun 10am – 7pm
MATE is closed on Mondays, Holy Thursday and Good Friday, May Day (May 1st), Christmas (December 24th and 25th) and New Year’s Day (December 31st and January 1st).
This Thursday 22nd of December the museum will open its doors from 11:30 am.
From the super-star celebrity peruvian photographer. Optional triple ticket for MATE-Museo Pedro de Osma-MAC
Surco
mon to sun 11am – 6pm
A museum away from the traditional circuits but worth visited.
If you are at the historic center
Basilica
Lima center
mon to fri 9am – 5pm and sat 10am – 1pm
The cathedral itself is a museum.
XVI – XIX century art pieces, paintings and sculptures
Lima center
mon to sat 9am – 5 pm
It also stands out for being an architectonic jewel.
DEL CONGRESO Y DE LA INQUISICIÓN
Jr. Junín 548 – Bolivar square
Lima center
mon to sun 9am – 5pm
The former Inquisition Court showing recreated torture machines.
CASA DE LA GASTRONOMÍA PERUANA
Narrating 500 years of gastronomic fusion
Lima center
tue to sun 9am – 5pm
Not to be touched neither to be eat. There is a bookshop with all the related titles.
NUMISMÁTICO DEL PERÚ
mon to fri 10am – 4pm
The history of peruvian currency.
However if you are a collector, you can purchase commemorative and collection coins at
MUSEO DEL BANCO CENTRAL DE RESERVA
Lima center
3 options for a quick escapade
Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Historic-military site museum
Miraflores
mon to sun 10am – 5pm
Archaeological site museum
Miraflores
wed to mon 9am – 5pm
Archaeological site museum
San Isidro
tue to sun 9am – 5pm
PHOTO CREDITS
Larco Museum image Erika Hurtado via Flickr.
Mali Art Museum image Hernan Cortes Mac Pherso via Flickr.
Huaca Pucllanda image Jaime Villaseca via Flickr.
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