Huallamarca Site Museum

The Huallamarca Site Museum, inaugurated on August 11, 1960, houses, preserves and exhibits a collection dating from the Formative Period (200 BC) to the Inca Period (1100 AD). There were almost 1,300 years of occupation of the place and part of its material evidence comes from funerary contexts found in the monument and its surroundings. These objects are part of collections of organic, textile, ceramic, lithic, mineral, human and animal bone material.

The Huallamarca Site Museum is, as its name indicates, a museum that is included within the circuit that includes the Huaca Huallamarca Archaeological Complex, located in the San Isidro district, in Lima. This museum houses inside a set of pieces that were found in the aforementioned archaeological space, in the different excavations carried out at the site.

History

The Huaca Huallamarca Site Museum was created in 1961, in order to be able to exhibit in a suitable place, the different archaeological pieces that were found in the excavations carried out in Huaca Huallamarca since 1958. In this way, the museum, in addition If it were an exhibition space, it would be a reconstruction space that would allow us to remake (or retell) the historical process of the ancient society that occupied this archaeological space.

The Site Museum is currently part of the National System of State Museums and is under the administration and support of both the District Municipality and the Ministry of Culture, which still today continue to finance the different studies that continue to be carried out both on the huaca, as well as the pieces found during the excavations.

What to see at the Huallamarca Site Museum?

Among the different pieces that are exhibited in the Museo de Sitio Huallamarca, there are objects such as vessels of great artistic wealth, many of which also fulfill a sculptural function; Likewise, there are different pieces such as musical instruments in the place, which reveal the artistic interest and skills of the ancient population of Huallamarca; There are also many different textile products among the pieces, along with metal objects and the famous pyrography mates that, together, allow us to know not only the artisan skills of the population that occupied the complex, but also the different customs and activities that the old people developed. residents of the area.

But the Huallamarca Site Museum is not only a space for the exhibition of archaeological material; It also lends its different facilities to carry out cultural events, whether they are the presentation of books, or also the holding of conferences, on different topics, both archaeological, historical, and even those that are related to the work and situation. current situation in the Peruvian museographic field.

How to get to the Huallamarca Site Museum?

Whoever wants to know this interesting Peruvian museum, located in the San Isidro district, has to go to block 2 of Nicolás de Rivera street, located in this district; The museum only opens its doors from Tuesday to Sunday, from 9 in the morning to 5 in the afternoon, and has the same hours as the Archaeological Complex.

Schedule:

Tuesday to Saturday and first Sunday of each month, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. m. to 5:00 p.m. m.

Rate:

Adults: S/.5.0
Higher education students: S/.3.0
School education students: S/.1.0
Special ticket Adults over 60 years of age, voluntary military service, teachers and adults with special abilities: S/.2.5
Special ticket for students with special abilities: S/.1.5
Special ticket for minors with special abilities: S/.0.5

Services offered by the Huallamarca Site Museum

Among the services offered when visiting the site of Huallamarca, there is both a guided tour of the museum and the huaca, as well as the information service regarding surrounding tourist resources as well as information about events and services there. museum. The cost of entry to both the museum and the complex is s/5.00 for adults; s/3.00 for students and retirees who prove it; and s/1.00 for minors. Any change in the rate can be consulted by calling the museum administration numbers, or at the ticket office itself.

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