Museo de Arte Popular Joaquín López Antay - Museum Ayacucho - Peru

The Museo de Arte Popular, located on the main Plaza de Armas, showcases some of the work of honored Ayacucho citizen and sculptor, Joaquin Lopez Antay (1897-1981). Antay was the main protagonist in a new movement of arte peruano, and was known for creating retablos (dioramas of campesino and religious scenes inside little colorful shuttered boxes), a few of which are on display here at this small exhibit.

Location:
Portal Independencia 72 (Inside the Universidad Nacional de San Cristobal de Huamanga)
Ayacucho, Peru

Museum

Relative price: Free

Open Hours from:8:00 a.m.

Open Hours to:3:15 p.m.

Days Closed:Sunday and Monday and 1:00-1:30 p.m. daily

Travel Skills: None

In or near Ayacucho, you can visit Barrio Santa Ana, Museo Arqueológico Hipólito Unanue, Ruinas Vilcashuamán and Baños Intihuatana, and Complejo Arqueológico Wari.