Regional Historical Museum of Cusco

Regional Historical Museum of Cusco

Museo Histórico Regional Casa del Inka Garcilaso de La Vega
Current facade of the Museum
Location	Calle Garcilaso at Heladeros, Cusco, Peru
Coordinates	13°31′03″S 71°58′49″W
Type	Art museum and historic site
Website	museogarcilaso.culturacusco.gob.pe/english/index.php
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Part of	City of Cuzco
Criteria	Cultural: iii, iv
Reference	273
Inscription	1983 (7th Session)
Area	Latin America and the Caribbean

The Regional Historical Museum of Cusco (Spanish: Museo Histórico Regional del Cuzco) is a museum located in the city of Cusco, in the Cusco Region of Peru.[1][2][3]

It is located in the house where the Cusco chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega was born and lived. In 1946, it was converted into a museum.[4]

The collection consists of ceramics, paintings, metals, and textiles.[5] It has 13 rooms; on the first level, it is in the process of implementation, housing paleontological and archaeological objects from the pre-Hispanic period, while on the second level, assets from the viceregal, republican, and contemporary periods are exhibited.[6] On January 6, 2014, two rooms referring to the Prehistoric and Pre-Hispanic periods were inaugurated.[7]

See also

• Plaza Regocijo

References

1. Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, museos.cultura.pe
2. Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, culturacusco.gob.pe
3. Cusco: the Regional Historical Museum of Casa Garcilaso, RPP
4. Regional Historical Museum of Cusco, arqueotur.org
5. Regional Historical Museum - Casa Garcilaso, deperu.com
6. Regional Historical Museum, cosituc.gob.pe
7. Regional Historical Museum of Casa Garcilaso in Cusco will inaugurate two new rooms, La República