Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Arqueologia e Historia

Plaza Bol�var s/n, (Pueblo Libre), Lima, Peru
Tel: +51 1 463 5070 • Web: Visit this site »

This museum displays the historic development of Peru through a collection of archaeological finds. More than 100,000 pieces from pre-Hispanic Peruvian cultures are arranged chronologically and didactically, highlighting ceramics, metals, weavings, funeral offerings and figures carved in stone. Artifacts from pre-Inca Peru include stone tools carved some 8,000 years ago. The museum is housed in a former palatial mansion, the inhabitants of which included a Spanish Viceroy and the Argentine General and Liberator, Jose de San Martin.

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