Lima Things to See and Do

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Museo Oro del Perú / Gold Museum

The Museo Oro del Perú, considered one of Lima’s...

Types: Museum
Location: Lima, Peru

Museo Nacional de Arqueología / National Archaeology Museum

The Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e...

Types: Museum
Location: Pueblo Libre, Lima, Peru

Museo Larco / Larco Museum
The Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera, commonly known as the Museo Larco or Larco Museum,...

Types: Museum
Location: Pueblo Libre, Lima, Peru

Galería Lucía de la Puente
This famous commercial gallery is known as “the” art center in

Types: Museum
Location: Barranco, Lima, Peru

Museo de la Inquisición / Museum of the Inquisition
Located on Plaza Bolívar, which is also home to the Peruvian Congress building, the Museo de la...

Types: Museum
Location: Central Lima, Lima, Peru

Iglesia y Convento de San Francisco
Convento y Iglesia de San Francisco is one of Lima’s most haunting (almost literally) and...

Types: Museum
Location: Central Lima, Lima, Peru

Museo de Arte de Lima / Lima Art Museum
Museo de Arte de Lima (MALI) has the best collection of Peruvian art in the country. The...

Types: Museum
Location: Central Lima, Lima, Peru

Museo de la Nación
The largest museum in Peru, the Museo de la Nación features four floors of history and exhibits...

Types: Museum
Location: San Borja, Lima, Peru

Catedral de Lima
Lima's Catedral is a highlight of any visit to the city. The first stone of the cathedral was...

Types: Museum
Location: Central Lima, Lima, Peru

Casa Aliaga
Casa Aliaga, or the Aliaga House, is a fascinating home and museum. Jerónimo de Aliaga was one...

Types: Museum, Historical Building
Location: Central Lima, Lima, Peru

Casa Riva Agüero
Twenty-seven-rooms big, the Casa Riva Agüero is yet another echo of a distant past in which the...

Types: Museum
Location: Central Lima, Lima, Peru

Museo de Arte Italiano / Italian Art Museum
Only a short distance from the Parque de la Exposición, the Museo de Arte Italiano (Italian Art...

Types: Museum
Location: Central Lima, Lima, Peru

Museo del Banco Central de Reserva / Central Bank Museum
The Museo del Banco Central de Reserva (Central Reserve Bank Museum) has three sections:...

Types: Museum
Location: Central Lima, Lima, Peru

Convento y Museo de los Descalzos
El Museo de los Descalzos, (literally, “The Museum of the Shoeless Ones”) is housed in a...

Types: Museum
Location: Lima, Peru

Museo Taurino / Bullfighting Museum
If you don't know much about bullfighting, then cross over the Rímac River downtown and walk up to...

Types: Museum
Location: Lima, Peru