Museums
Museums of Peru
158 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Historic house museum9museums
Art museum8museums
Archaeological museum7museums
Naval museum2museums
1The Royal Tombs of Sipan Museum
Lambayeque, Lambayeque
2002
161k visitors
3National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru
Lima, Lima Province
1822
1 famous works
4Gold Museum of Peru and Weapons of the World
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
1968
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5Museo del Banco Central de Reserva del Perú
Lima, Lima Province
1979
1 famous works
7Museum of Natural History, Lima
Lima, Lima Province
Natural history museum · 1918
8Museo de Arte Precolombino Cusco
Cusco, Cuzco Department
Art museum · 2003
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9Peruvian National Railway Museum
Tacna, Tacna
Railway museum · 1978
11National Museum of Archaeology, Peru
Villa Poeta José Gálvez Barrenechea, Lima region
2018
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13MAC Lima
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
2013
21José Carlos Mariátegui Museum
Lima, Lima Province
Historic house museum · 1994
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27Museo de Sitio Bodega y Quadra
Lima, Lima Province
2012
29Pinacoteca Municipal Ignacio Merino
Lima, Lima Province
Pinacotheca
30Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
2015
31Regional Museum of the National University of San Martin
Tarapoto, San Martín Department
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32Sala Luis Miró Quesada Garland Gallery
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
Art museum · 1984
100k visitors
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33Museo Casa de La Respuesta
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
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37Larco Museum
Lima, Lima Province
Archaeological museum · 1926
1 famous works
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38Museum of Italian Art
Lima, Lima Province
Art museum · 1923
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39Brüning Museum
Lambayeque, Lambayeque
Archaeological museum · 1921
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40MATE - Museo Mario Testino
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
Art museum · 2012
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41Museo Pedro de Osma
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
Art museum · 1987
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42Museum of the Fighters of Morro de Arica
Lima, Lima Province
1975
1 famous works
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43Museo de la Inquisición y del Congreso
Lima, Lima Province
1968
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44Zela house
Tacna, Tacna
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45Metropolitan Museum of Lima
Lima, Lima Province
2010
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46Museo Naval Casa Grau
Lima, Lima Province
Naval museum
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47Museo de Arqueología y Antropología
Lima, Lima Province
1919
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49Alto de la Alianza Museum
Tacna, Tacna
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50Andrés Avelino Cáceres Museum
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
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54Casa Museo Ricardo Palma
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
Historic house museum
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56DIRCOTE Museum
Lima, Lima Province
58Marina Núñez Del Prado House Museum
San Francisco De Borja, Lima region
Art museum · 1984
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Museo Amazónico
Iquitos, Loreto
Ethnographic museum · 1996
Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Historic house museum | 9 |
| Art museum | 8 |
| Archaeological museum | 7 |
| Naval museum | 2 |
| Ethnographic museum | 2 |
| Pinacotheca | 1 |
| Paleontological museum | 1 |
| Science museum | 1 |
| Museum ship | 1 |
| Military museum | 1 |
| Textile museum | 1 |
| Natural history museum | 1 |
| Railway museum | 1 |
| Music museum | 1 |