Trujillo Sights

  1. Museo Cassinelli

    The Museo Cassinelli houses a private archaeological collection in the basement of a Mobil gas station. The displays are fascinating, with hundreds of pieces that certainly don't belong under a gritty petrol dispensary.

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  2. Museo de Arqueología

    The Museo de Arqueología displays a rundown of Peruvian history from 12,000 BC to the present day. There's also a small but interesting collection of artifacts from the Huaca de la Luna. The museum is housed in La Casa Risco, a restored 17th-century mansion.

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  3. Museo de Zoología

    Museo de Zoología, just west of the Plaza de Armas, is mainly a taxidermic collection of Peruvian animals (many so artificially stuffed they look like nightmarish caricatures of their former selves).

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