Andrés Avelino Cáceres Museum

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Museum
Museo de Sitio Andrés Avelino Cáceres
Entrance plaque
Map
Established10 November 1986 (1986-11-10)
LocationParque Reducto № 2, Lima
TypeWar museum

Andrés Avelino Cáceres Museum (Spanish: Museo de Sitio Andrés Avelino Cáceres) is a war museum located at a building formerly used as a train station at the Parque Reducto № 2 in Miraflores District, Lima, Peru. It is named after Marshal Andrés Avelino Cáceres, who participated at the park's defense during the War of the Pacific, then used as a redoubt.[1]

History

The museum was inaugurated on November 10, 1986, as part of the sesquicentennial celebrations of Andrés Avelino Cáceres's birth. As part of an agreement between the district's municipality and the Peruvian Army, a number of items were moved to the new museum's premises (from both the Peruvian and Chilean armies), as well as some personal items that once belonged to Cáceres.[2]

  • Locomotive outside the museum
    Locomotive outside the museum
  • Municipal meeting at its entrance.
    Municipal meeting at its entrance.
  • Front view of the museum.
    Front view of the museum.
  • Cannon at its entrance.
    Cannon at its entrance.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Reducto N°2, un hito en la historia de la defensa de Lima". El Comercio. 2014-02-13.
  2. ^ "Museo Andrés Avelino Cáceres". Museos en Línea.

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