Museo de Are Precolombino

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Lonely Planet review

Inside a Spanish colonial mansion with an Inca ceremonial courtyard, the dramatically curated Museo de Are Precolombino showcases a stunningly varied, if selectively small, collection of archaeological artifacts previously buried in the vast storerooms of Lima's Museo Rafael Larco Herrera. Dating from between 1250 BC and AD 1532, the artifacts show off the artistic and cultural achievements of many of Peru's ancient cultures, with exhibits labeled in Spanish, English and French.

Highlights include the Nazca and Mochicha galleries for multicolored ceramics, as well as queros (ceremonial Inca wooden drinking vessels) and dazzling displays of jewelry made with intricate gold- and silverwork.