Museo de la Memoria "Para que no se repita", Museum of memory in Ayacucho District, Peru.

The Museo de la Memoria "Para que no se repita" occupies the third floor of the ANFASEP building in Ayacucho. It has three exhibition rooms plus a craft shop where association members sell their work. The displays hold photographs, paintings, ceramics and clothing of the disappeared, and the second room contains a reconstruction of a torture room with two life-sized sculptures.

ANFASEP, the association of families of the disappeared, built the museum between 2004 and 2005 on the third floor of its own premises in Ayacucho, and it opened on 15 October 2005. The idea grew from the group's decision to display the wooden cross and banner of its struggle in a glass case. German embassy and cooperation funds (ZFD, GIZ) backed the project.

The name translates to 'Memory so this does not happen again' in Spanish. Visitors encounter works created by family members of those who disappeared, including traditional Peruvian wooden retablos and ceramics that tell personal stories.

The museum sits in central Ayacucho and welcomes visitors Monday through Friday. Plan to spend several hours to view the exhibitions thoughtfully and take in the material.

One of the exhibition rooms features a detailed recreation of a torture chamber with life-sized figures, giving visitors direct insight into this dark period. This installation stands as one of the most powerful and thought-provoking sections of the space.