First Museum:
MUSEUM OF THE CONVENT OF SANTA CATALIN
The most
important museum of colonial art, inaugurated in counts with a
splendid collection of the Escuela Cusqueña and mural painting. Also
there is a collection that represents the life and miracles Santa
Rosa de Lima, divers representations of the life of Santo Domingo
Guzmán, painted by Juan Espinoza, and a collection of nine casullas
richly embroidered with threads of precious metal With no doubt ,
Santa Catalina counts with one of the Capitular Halls of Peru,
completely decorated with mural paintings. Carpets, , colonial
Casullas embroidered with threads of gold and silver. Retablos.
Sculptures. A precious and carved with scenes of the Bible of the
Ancient and New Testament. Furniture. Colonial paintings to the
fresh. Schedule of attention: Monday to Saturday from 08:30 to17:30.
Sunday 14: 00 to17.00pm. RATES: Adul Ext. S/ 8 , Est. Ext. S/ 4 the
same natives. Since July 2008 General S/20
Second Museum:
MUSEO INKA DE LA UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL SAN ANTONIO ABAD DEL CUSCO
Located in the
Casa del Almirante. The collection of the inca museum especially to
the inca period and its cultural development influenced by other
previous cultures from the coast, sierra and the Amazon the incas
took and received many cultures, that is why the halls of the museum
are thematic, referring to different moments of the inca history.
Besides the hunter of vicuñas of the plain (7,000 a.c) with material
of Chichillapi (Puno), Chavin Pottery , Chancay and Nazca (800 d.c)
from the central sierra, Mochica (100 d.c) farmers of the deserted
region of the north zone. , Textile development of Paracas and
finally samples of cultural inca development that go from the
beginning of the origins of the empire, the geographic zones of the
Perú, pottery, architecture and inca urbanism, as well as the
artistic ornaments in divers cultural manifestations. Horario de
atención: Lunes a viernes de 8:00 a 19:00; sábados de 9:00 a 16:00;
feriados de 9:00 a 16:00. Entrances: Adul y Est Ext.S/ 10 ; Adul
Nac. S/ 5, Est Nac. S/ 1, previous presentation of carnet.
Third Museum:
MUSEUM OF ART PRE COLOMBINE OF CUSCO
Located in Plaza
de las Nazarenas in an ancient cottage, House of the conqueror
Alonso Díaz el Conde de la Cabrera restored in2003, whose noble coat
appears until today in the portal of stone. With the purpose of
outstanding the artistic expressions of the ancient cultures of Peru.
It exposes in its nine halls, pieces of utilitarian’s and jewels of
gold, jewels in bone and shells developed in thematic halls from the
formative epoch pertaining to the cultures Nazca, Mochica, Huari,
Chimú, Chancay, Inca. They are450 works of art that cover since 1250
A.C. until 1532 D.C., selected from a universe of 45,000 objects
pertaining to the Archeological Museum Larco of the city of Lima.
Additionally you will find temporal expositions, restaurants,
jewelries, and souvenir shops, cocktail and other services. Schedule
of attention: from Monday to Sundays and holidays Everyday from 9.00
to 22.00hrs.
