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Iglesia de San Francisco
This church and monastery dating from the 16th and 17th centuries, is more austere than many of Cuzco's other churches, but it does have a large collection of colonial religious paintings and a well-carved cedar choir. One of the paintings measures 9m x 12m (supposedly the largest painting in South America) and shows the family tree of St Francis of Assisi, the founder of the order. His life is celebrated in the paintings hung around the colonial cloister.
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Musea de Historia Natural
The university-run Musea de Historia Natural houses a motley collection of stuffed local animals and birds and a few other dusty items, including over 150 snakes from Parque Nacional Manu and various Amazon biodiversity projects. The entrance is hidden off the Plaza de Armas, to the right of the church of La Compañía de Jesús. But if you can't find it, don't worry: you're not missing much.
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Museo de Are Precolombino
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.
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Museo de Arte Religioso
Originally the palace of the Inca Roca, the foundations of this museum were converted into the residence of the Marquis of Buenavista and then into the archbishop's palace. The mansion now houses a fascinating religious art collection, notable for its period detail and its insight into the interaction between the conquistadors and the Indians.
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Museo del Sitio de Qorikancha
Next to the church of Santo Domingo, this small underground archaeological museum is entered off Av El Sol. There are sundry archaeological displays interpreting Inca and pre-Inca cultures.
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Museo Histórico Regional
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.
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Museo Inka
The charmingly modest Museo Inka, a steep block northeast of the Plaza de Armas, rests on Inca foundations; it's also known as the Admiral's House, after the first owner, Admiral Francisco Aldrete Maldonado. It was badly damaged in the 1650 earthquake and rebuilt by Pedro Peralta de los Ríos, the count of Laguna, whose crest is above the porch. Further damage from the 1950 earthquake has now been fully repaired, restoring the building to its position among Cuzco's finest colonial houses.
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Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporaneo
There's a small collection of contemporary Andean art on display at the Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporaneo in the municipality building.
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