Larco Herrera Museum, Museum in Lima, Peru
The Larco Museum is a privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, located in the Pueblo Libre District of Lima, Peru.
Founded in 1926 by Rafael Larco Hoyle, the museum showcases remarkable chronological galleries providing an excellent overview of 5000 years of Peruvian pre-Columbian history.
It is well known for its gallery of pre-Columbian erotic pottery.
The museum is housed in an 18th-century vice-royal building built over a 7th-century pre-Columbian pyramid.
The Larco Museum is one of the few museums in the world where visitors can also choose to enter the storage area with its 35,000 classified archaeological objects.
Accessibility: Wheelchair accessible
Opening Hours: Monday-Sunday 09:30-22:00
Phone: +5114611835
Email: webmaster@museolarco.org
Website: museolarco.org
Sources: Wikimedia, OpenStreetMap
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