Museo Histórico Regional

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    Calle Garcilaso at Heladeros, Plaza Regocijo

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This museum is housed in the colonial Casa Garcilaso de la Vega, the house of the Inca-Spanish historian who now lies buried in the cathedral. The chronologically arranged collection begins with arrowheads from the Preceramic Period and continues with a few pots of the Chavín, Vicus, Mochica, Chimu, Chancay and Inca cultures. There is also a Nazca mummy, a few Inca weavings and some small gold ornaments excavated from Qorikancha and the Plaza de Armas.

Also on display are a few dozen paintings from the escuela cuzqueña, as well as rooms full of colonial furniture.