Huacas de Moche Museum, Archaeological museum in La Libertad, Peru.

The Huacas de Moche Museum, also called the Santiago Uceda Castillo Museum, is a museum in the La Libertad department. It has four main elements: exhibition halls, a communal area, a research center and a theater. It is not only a site museum showing objects from the Huacas de Moche excavations but also a center for research and community development.

The site museum opened on 24 June 2010 under the name Museo de Sitio Huacas de Moche. By Rectoral Resolution No. 1166-2018/UNT it was renamed Museo Santiago Uceda Castillo, honouring the project director who died on 14 January 2018. It belongs to the Huacas de Moche archaeological project, whose excavations yielded the material the museum holds.

The museum's name honours Santiago Uceda Castillo, the project director who died on 14 January 2018; it was renamed by Rectoral Resolution No. 1166-2018/UNT of the National University of Trujillo. Besides the exhibition halls, the building has a communal area used for community development activities and a theatre, so the site works as a cultural space rather than only a display of finds.

Start your visit by moving through the exhibition halls to understand the Moche site in stages, from daily life to ritual practices. The theater and research center offer deeper context about ongoing work and discoveries if you want to spend more time learning.

The museum maintains archival records spanning three decades of investigations at the site, offering a window into how archaeological understanding has evolved over time. Researchers and visitors can trace how interpretations of Moche society have changed as new artifacts and methods have emerged.