Museo de Oro del Perú
Good for: A place to spend the day.
Not good for: For a short visit
- Address
- Alonso de Molina 1100 Monterrico
- Website
- Phone
- 01 345-1292
- Price
- adult/child under 11 S33/16
- Hours
- 11:30am-7pm
Lonely Planet review for Museo de Oro del Perú
The now notorious Museo de Oro del Perú, a private museum, was a Lima must-see until 2001, when a study revealed that 85% of the museum’s metallurgical pieces were fakes. It reopened with an assurance that works on display are bona fide – and some vitrines bear cards that classify certain pieces as ‘reproductions’ – but the cluttered, poorly signed exhibits leave something to be desired. Better presented and more convenient is the new annex ( [tel] 620-6222; www.larcomar.com/salamuseo; LarcoMar, Malecón de la Reserva 610, Miraflores; admission S25; [hrs] 10am-10pm), in the seaside shopping mall of LarcoMar.
Traveller reviews for Museo de Oro del Perú (3)
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Should be on your short list of places to see in Lima.
bachonysus recommends this,
This museum has so much stuff in it plan on spending a full day to see it all. I spent the afternoon there and it was not nearly enough time to see everything. I believe this is the second best museum in Lima, the first being Museo De Larco. The sheer quantity of everything they have here is overwhelming. Most of the items they have on exhibit are suppose to be authentic. I have been at other museums which have replicas of items which are in the Larco museum and the ones in the Larco museum are authentic.
This is a private museum and therefore the items are not labeled or exhibited as well as they could be. One thing they lack is enough room so things are kind of crammed in where ever they have room to put them.
Good for: A place to spend the day.
Not good for: For a short visit
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They passed me counterfeit money-refused to make good on it!
pdxyogi does not recommend this,
Arrived on the red-eye from Miami that morning. Obtained currency from an ATM and the museum was the first place I spent money. I paid admission with a 100-soles note. At first the cashier said he didn't have change. A young man standing nearby (security guard?) said he had change. He passed it to the cashier who gave it to me. On my trip to my friend's house I tried to pay the taxi driver with it, when he told me it was counterfeit! My Peruvian friend was furious and called the museum. She spoke with the cashier who lied and denied his way out of it. I'm sending all the evidence to the Tourist Police.
Also: even though it was 72F outside, inside was 88F. They had what they claimed to be the sword of Revolutionary War General Lafayette! Sure! There are many other better museums, such as the Lorco (?) that is far nicer, English friendly, has beautiful garden and an erotic collection of antiquities, and is even slightly cheaper.
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