Larco Museum, Archaeological museum in Pueblo Libre, Lima, Peru.
The Larco Museum occupies an 18th-century mansion and holds a large collection of ceramic pieces from pre-Columbian times. Temperature-controlled rooms help preserve the artifacts and make viewing comfortable for visitors.
The museum was founded in 1926 and started with a small collection that expanded over decades through research efforts. The founders gathered pieces from different regions to document the past of ancient cultures.
The displayed pieces reflect the craftsmanship and daily practices of communities that lived here centuries ago. You can see how these societies expressed themselves through the objects they created and used.
You can visit on most days and have time to walk through the galleries at a comfortable pace. There is also a storage area where you can walk between shelves to see more of the collection.
A distinctive feature is that visitors can access a storage area where they walk between shelves holding thousands of catalogued objects. This is unusual for museums, where typically only displayed pieces are shown to the public.
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