Museum of Art Lima, Peru
The Museum of Art in Lima maintains one of Peru’s broadest art collections, featuring work from pre-Columbian times to the present day. The museum’s many rooms are organized thematically, with many of the galleries featuring the crafts of pre-Columbian peoples. The permanent collection includes representative pieces by Peru’s dominant historical cultures, including the Moche, Vicus, Nazca, Chimú, Chancay, and Ica-Chinca. Each exhibit reveals the characteristics distinct to each culture and notes developments in technologies, processes, customs, and art forms, while also tracing a legacy of continuity evident through contemporary works. Historical pieces on display include trophy heads, statues, ceramics, and textiles, as well as decorative and ceremonial objects.
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