Casa O'Higgins, Colonial museum in Historic Center, Peru.

Casa O'Higgins is a restored colonial house on Jirón de la Unión, a few metres from Lima's Plaza de Armas. It has a ground floor and an upper floor, with a hall adapted for historical and cultural exhibitions. Since 2008 it has been managed by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.

Bernardo O'Higgins, son of Viceroy Ambrosio O'Higgins, spent part of his youth in this house. After abdicating as Supreme Director of Chile in 1823, he returned to it as his exile home in Peru until his death in 1842. From 1892 to 1895 the upper floor briefly housed the Club Nacional, and in 1897 the building became the first office of the Banco Internacional del Perú.

The building functions as a cultural center run by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru and hosts exhibitions about regional history. Today it serves as a gathering place where locals and visitors encounter works and displays about the heritage of the Lima area.

The museum opens Tuesday through Sunday and closes on Mondays, with no admission fee. Morning visits tend to be less crowded than later hours, giving you more space to view the displays.

The upper floor briefly housed the Club Nacional between 1892 and 1895, while the property was held through the Testamentería Ramírez de Arellano y Baquíjano. The building later became the first premises of the Banco Internacional del Perú from 1897 and, in the 1920s, the Astoria restaurant.