National Museum of archaeology, anthropology and history of Peru is the oldest state Museum in the country. Its importance lies in the vast and diverse cultural heritage, hosted in its halls and archive. Ceramics, textiles, metal and stone, made by the ancient craftsmen of the pre-Hispanic period of the methods that still amaze today's professionals.

This Museum contains historical, artistic and documentary, photos and bibliographical values of colonial and Republican period. They make this space a place of meeting with the history of Peru.

The Museum was founded in 1822 josé Bernardo de Tagle and Portocarrero, Jose Bernardo de Monteagudo and Mariano Eduardo de Rivero and Ustariz, who later became the first Director of the Museum. Thanks to the work of these three people a project of the National Museum of Peru was embodied in 1826. The Museum building is located in the district of Pueblo Libre in Lima, in the XVIII century mansion in which he lived, Simon Bolivar and Generalissimo don Jose de San Martin.

National Museum of archaeology, anthropology and history of Peru has a huge variety of historical and cultural exhibits, making it the largest Museum in the country. This Museum is the only place where you can see exhibits, illustrate the history of Peru from the first settlers to the present day. Also in its funds own a large collection of exhibits pre-Hispanic period.

Among the most important treasures of the national Museum houses the image of the crossed arms from the temple of Kotosh - archaeological site Dating back to the period 2300-1200 BC, was found near the city of Huanuco. In the hall of the Museum you can also see the Raimondi stele - monolithic stone sculpture in the form of a parallelepiped, one side of which depicts a mythical creature with two staves, reminiscent of the God Viracocha Tiahuanaco culture, belonging to the Chavin culture of ancient Peru. In the collections of the Museum are the paintings of the colonial period, mostly school of painting Cuzco, and priceless samples of textiles of the Paracas culture.

The Museum hosts temporary exhibitions, archaeological seminars on the conservation of finds from pottery, textiles and metal, and a workshop for teaching children and adolescents.

National Museum of archaeology, anthropology and history of Peru is a perfect place where everyone, regardless of age and origin, can learn a lot about the history of the country and its people.