Museo de la Nación

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Museum entrance

Museo de la Nación is a Peruvian museum in Lima .

The museum is dedicated to the history of Peru. The museum contains artifacts from the entire period of human settlement in the area of ​​Peru, including a significant collection of Moche , Nazca and Wari ceramics. The museum also contains copies of many well-known ancient pre-Columbian Andean artifacts , in particular the Lanzón of Chavín de Huantar and a replica of the burial chamber of El Señor de Sipán . On the 6th floor, there is a Yuyanapaq photography exhibition developed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission . Para Recordar , who deals with the civil war conflict (1980–2000) in Peru. The museum is located on Av. Javier Prado Este 2465, San Borja and opened on March 1, 1990.

  • Pre-Columbian art made from bones

  • Pre-Columbian youth in the shape of a man

  • Bowl with a mosaic design

  • An Inca quipu .

  • A Chavin figure

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  1. ↑ Peruvian Ministry of Culture: Directory of museums in Peru (Spanish) ( Memento of the original from March 17, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.mcultura.gob.pe

Coordinates: 12 ° 5 ′ 12.5 ″  S , 77 ° 0 ′ 6.8 ″  W.