The Regional Historical Museum of Cusco is a museum located in the city of Cusco, in the Cusco Region of Peru.[1][2][3]
Museo Histórico Regional Casa del Inka Garcilaso de La Vega | |
 Current facade of the Museum | |
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| Location | Calle Garcilaso at Heladeros, Cusco, Peru |
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| Coordinates | 13°31′03″S 71°58′49″W / 13.51750°S 71.98028°W |
| Type | Art museum and historic site |
| Website | museogarcilaso |
It is located in the house where the Cusco chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega was born and lived. In 1946, it was converted into a museum.[4]
The collection consists of ceramics, paintings, metals, and textiles.[5] It has 13 rooms; on the first level, it is in the process of implementation, housing paleontological and archaeological objects from the pre-Hispanic period, while on the second level, assets from the viceregal, republican, and contemporary periods are exhibited.[6] On January 6, 2014, two rooms referring to the Prehistoric and Pre-Hispanic periods were inaugurated.[7]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, museos.cultura.pe
- ^ Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, culturacusco.gob.pe
- ^ Cusco: the Regional Historical Museum of Casa Garcilaso, RPP
- ^ Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, arqueotur.org
- ^ Regional Historical Museum - Casa Garcilaso, deperu.com
- ^ Regional Historical Museum, cosituc.gob.pe
- ^ Regional Historical Museum of Casa Garcilaso in Cusco will inaugurate two new rooms, La República