Place of Memory, Tolerance and Social Inclusion, Museum of memory in Miraflores, Peru.
This museum sits in a concrete building with more than 7,500 square meters on the Miraflores coast. The architecture echoes shapes of the surrounding cliffs and connects indoor and outdoor areas through multiple levels.
Peru's Truth and Reconciliation Commission called for commemorative spaces in its 2003 report. In 2009 Germany offered US$2 million for a memorial museum; President Alan García first rejected the offer, then accepted it under pressure from NGOs and opponents including Mario Vargas Llosa, who chaired the planning commission in 2010. Germany, Sweden and the European Union funded construction, executed by the UN Development Programme, and the LUM opened in December 2015 under Ollanta Humala.
The building creates a space for remembering people who suffered or lost their lives during the violence between 1980 and 2000. Visitors encounter testimonies that preserve stories of victims and survivors.
The museum is at Bajada San Martín 151 in Miraflores and opens Tuesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; the library keeps shorter hours, Tuesday to Saturday. Admission is free. The entrance area has glass doors, a small blue sign panel and a concrete staircase rising to the right.
The esplanade uses reeds and material from the nearby cliffs and forms a public plaza that opens toward the coast. This area serves as a place for gathering and reflection outside the exhibition rooms.
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