Museums Lima

Lima is one of the most interesting and challenging cities in South America with a huge archaeological, historical, and cultural past. Long before the Common Era until the Spaniards' many highly advanced cultures settled the area of today's Lima. Even nowadays they amaze us with their complex skills in construction, agriculture and arts. The Spanish colonists added to this legendary cultural legacy. This completely different culture with European and Moorish influences is mixed with the indigenous cultural and religious inheritance. In the last couple of hundred years, immigrants from Africa and Asia added their part.

The fusion of so many cultures and traditions makes Lima to what it is today. We can find a reflection of this complexity in an incredible number of museums spread around the city. They display the richness and diverse facets of Lima's and Peru's culture. There is something for everyone: archaeological, cultural and historical museums, art and popular art museums, museums dedicated to famous Peruvian personalities, technology and military museums, natural history and earth science museums and many others.

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Museum Antonio Raimondi

Museum Antonio Raimondi

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The "Museum Raimondi" is a part of the group of integral institutions of the Educational Association Antonio Raimondi, a private organization of the Italian community in Peru, which aim is to promote and strengthen the bonds between Peru and Italy. The museum was founded in 1981 to preserve the legacy and work of the most important naturalistic ...
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Peruvian Silver Museum Vittorio Azzariti

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The Museo de Platería Peruana Vittorio Azzariti is part of the Educational Association Antonio Raimondi. The museum displays one of the best collections of silver objects of the Colonial and Republican period in whole Peru.
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Museum of Peruvian Hands

Museum of Peruvian Hands

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Manos Peruanas (Peruvian hands) offers a place to discover the creative world of Peru's masters of folk artists that still work with traditional techniques, cultural expression, myths and legends that were used for many hundreds years by the indigenous Peruvians.
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Museum Coronel Leoncio Prado

Museum Coronel Leoncio Prado

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Coronel Leoncio Prado fought in Chile, Peru, Cuba, Central America and the Philippines against Spanish oppression and along with the Peruvian resistance against Chilean occupation. The museum, located inside the Military School "Leoncio Prado", is dedicated to this heroic man.
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Museum of the Combatants Morro of Arica

Museum of the Combatants Morro of Arica

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The "Museo de los Combatientes del Morro de Arica" is dedicated to Colonel Francisco Bolognesi Cervantes. It displays weapons, uniforms, photos and paintings concerning the lost battle near Arica in the war against Chile.
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Archaeological and Anthropological Museum San Marcos University

Archaeological and Anthropological Museum San Marcos University

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The museum was founded in 1919 and is today a part of the Cultural Centre of the University of San Marcos. The collection holds a wide variety of archaeological objects like textiles, ceramics, lithics, metals and organic materials.
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Pre-Colombian Museum of Anthropology and Agriculture

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Located in the "Centro de Investigaciones de Zonas Aridas de la Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina", the museum exhibits ancient tools of historical and cultural value. The main aim is to gather, classify, study and display these archeological pieces.
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Art Museum of the San Marcos University

Art Museum of the San Marcos University

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The museum opened its doors to the public in 1970. Paintings from the great painters of the 16th to 20th century and a collection of popular art are displayed. Next to portraits of illustrious people, reproductions and contemporary art from Painters like José Sabogal, Teodoro Nuñez Ureta, Eduardo Tokeshi und Milner Cajahuaringa you will find mor...
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Natural History Museum of the San Marcos University

Natural History Museum of the San Marcos University

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The Museum of Natural History was founded in 1918 to collect, conserve, investigate and exhibit organisms and samples of the Peruvian natural patrimony. It's a real treasure chest when it comes to Peruvian flora and fauna. Displayed are objects from the Stone Age until today. Very impressive are the skeletons of a sperm whale and fossils of glac...
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Natural History Museum of the University Ricardo Palma

Natural History Museum of the University Ricardo Palma

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The Museo de Historia Natural URP was founded in 1991 to preserve and research the rich Peruvian biodiversity and at the same time make the general public aware about the countries natural treasures. The museum has two exhibition rooms displaying a wide variety of botanical, zoological and paleontological  samples.
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Mar Abierto Selvamonos 2020
After last year’s huge success of the Electro Selvamonos at Playa Salvaje near Paracas, this summer Selvamonos returns to the beach for their Mar Abierto festival.
Carnival 2020 – Paint and Foam Party
21:00
After last year’s huge success, the largest Paint and Foam Party, where all the Peruvian carnival fun including music, colors and foam come together, returns to Lima’s C.C. Cocos for the Carnival 2020.
Date : Saturday, 01 February 2020
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Mar Abierto Selvamonos 2020
After last year’s huge success of the Electro Selvamonos at Playa Salvaje near Paracas, this summer Selvamonos returns to the beach for their Mar Abierto festival.
Carnaval en el Barrio 2020
20:00
It’s carnival in Peru and Carnaval en el Barrio returns. Expect a spectacular party with lots of great local music and of course paint.
Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020
The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11.
Museos Abiertos - Open Museums 2020
Museos Abiertos (Open Museums), an initiative of the Peruvian Ministry of Culture that allows Peruvians and foreign residents to visit more than 50 public museum, archaeological sites and historical places throughout the country free of charge each first Sunday of the month, continues in 2020.
Date : Sunday, 02 February 2020
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Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020
The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11.
Date : Monday, 03 February 2020
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Lima Calling! Fest 2020 – Summer edition
18:00
The Lima Calling Fest, the festival that gives promising bands an opportunity to perform live on stage in front of a larger audience, is back this February in a special summer edition.
Date : Thursday, 06 February 2020
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Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020
The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11.
Lima Calling! Fest 2020 – Summer edition
18:00
The Lima Calling Fest, the festival that gives promising bands an opportunity to perform live on stage in front of a larger audience, is back this February in a special summer edition.
Carnavalón de Barranco 2020
22:00
As every year the Carnavalón de Barranco, probably the best carnival party in town, returns in a new edition for the 2020 fun season in Lima.
Afuera Fest in Lima 2020
After last year’s huge success of its first edition, the Afuera Fest is back on the terrace of the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima. So, let’s move outside again and enjoy the summer in the Peruvian capital with some great local bands.
Date : Friday, 07 February 2020
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Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020
The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11.
Shen Yun in Lima 2020
Shen Yun, a New York-based performing-arts and music company that tours the world with large-scale dance performances featuring classical Chinese dance, offers their latest show in Lima in February 2020.
Date : Saturday, 08 February 2020
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Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020
The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11.
Shen Yun in Lima 2020
Shen Yun, a New York-based performing-arts and music company that tours the world with large-scale dance performances featuring classical Chinese dance, offers their latest show in Lima in February 2020.
Date : Sunday, 09 February 2020
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Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020
The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11.
Date : Monday, 10 February 2020
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Festival de la Candelaria – Carnival of Puno 2020
The Festival de Candelaria, also known as the Carnival of Puno, is a 2-week celebration at the beginning of February. Main days in 2020 are February 2 (feast day of the Virgin) and February 3 as well as February 7 to February 11.
Date : Tuesday, 11 February 2020
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Afuera Fest in Lima 2020
After last year’s huge success of its first edition, the Afuera Fest is back on the terrace of the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima. So, let’s move outside again and enjoy the summer in the Peruvian capital with some great local bands.
Date : Thursday, 13 February 2020
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Shen Yun in Lima 2020
Shen Yun, a New York-based performing-arts and music company that tours the world with large-scale dance performances featuring classical Chinese dance, offers their latest show in Lima in February 2020.
The Little Prince – A Magical Opera in Lima 2020
17:30
As part of the Family Opera Season 2020 the Gran Teatro Nacional presents “The Little Prince”, one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published, as Magical Opera.
Cultura en Arena – Culture in Sand 2020 in Lima
The Peruvian Ministry of Culture invites to the first Cultura en Arena (Culture in Sand) event of this year held at the Playa Agua Dulce in Chorrillos, Lima in mid-February.
Date : Saturday, 15 February 2020
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Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru
In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition.
The Little Prince – A Magical Opera in Lima 2020
17:30
As part of the Family Opera Season 2020 the Gran Teatro Nacional presents “The Little Prince”, one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published, as Magical Opera.
Date : Sunday, 16 February 2020
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Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru
In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition.
Date : Monday, 17 February 2020
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Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru
In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition.
Date : Tuesday, 18 February 2020
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Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru
In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition.
Date : Wednesday, 19 February 2020
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Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru
In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition.
Afuera Fest in Lima 2020
After last year’s huge success of its first edition, the Afuera Fest is back on the terrace of the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima. So, let’s move outside again and enjoy the summer in the Peruvian capital with some great local bands.
Date : Thursday, 20 February 2020
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Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru
In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition.
Date : Friday, 21 February 2020
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Carnival of Cajamarca 2020
Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26.
Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru
In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition.
The Little Prince – A Magical Opera in Lima 2020
17:30
As part of the Family Opera Season 2020 the Gran Teatro Nacional presents “The Little Prince”, one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published, as Magical Opera.
Pablo Alborán in Lima 2020
21:00
Top-selling Spanish singer and songwriter Pablo Alborán is on tour again coming to Lima in February 2020 just days before participating in the Viña del Mar Festival in Chile.
Date : Saturday, 22 February 2020
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Carnival of Cajamarca 2020
Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26.
Mi Primer Festival 2020 - My First Festival in Peru
In February 2020 Mi Primer Festival (My First Festival), the international film, audiovisual and new media festival for children and adolescents, returns to Peru in its 6th edition.
The Little Prince – A Magical Opera in Lima 2020
17:30
As part of the Family Opera Season 2020 the Gran Teatro Nacional presents “The Little Prince”, one of the best-selling and most translated books ever published, as Magical Opera.
Date : Sunday, 23 February 2020
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Carnival of Cajamarca 2020
Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26.
Date : Monday, 24 February 2020
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Carnival of Cajamarca 2020
Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26.
Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020
The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February.
Date : Tuesday, 25 February 2020
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Carnival of Cajamarca 2020
Cajamarca, known as the capital of the Peruvian Carnival with the largest and most enthusiastic festivities in the country, celebrates its famous Carnaval de Cajamarca in 2020 from February 22 to 26.
Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020
The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February.
Date : Wednesday, 26 February 2020
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Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020
The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February.
Afuera Fest in Lima 2020
After last year’s huge success of its first edition, the Afuera Fest is back on the terrace of the Gran Teatro Nacional in Lima. So, let’s move outside again and enjoy the summer in the Peruvian capital with some great local bands.
Date : Thursday, 27 February 2020
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Craft Beer Workshop
Red Cervecera Perú in Barranco, Lima starts 2020 with a new edition of their Craft Beer Workshop for those interested to learn in theory and practice how to make a good home brew.
Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020
The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February.
Date : Friday, 28 February 2020
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Craft Beer Workshop
Red Cervecera Perú in Barranco, Lima starts 2020 with a new edition of their Craft Beer Workshop for those interested to learn in theory and practice how to make a good home brew.
Insolito 3 - International Horror and Fantasy Film Festival in Lima 2020
The Insólito, Peru’s only film festival entirely dedicated to the horror and fantasy genre, is back in its 3rd edition at the end of February.
Alternativo Music Festival 6 in Lima 2020
11:00
After the huge success of last year’s December edition which took place on two days, the Alternativo Music Festival is back to normal in its 6th edition at the end of February.
Date : Saturday, 29 February 2020

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