Gold Museum

General information

DestinationCategory
Lima, PeruAttractions/Entertainment

Program details

A transportation service will pick you up from your hotel and will transfer you to the Surco district, to visit the Gold Museum, which houses one of the most singular museum collections in Lima City. It includes exquisite textiles, pottery and gold artifacts of various pre-Hispanic cultures apart from an arms collection composed of twenty thousand pieces from different times and parts of the world.



The showcases of the “Gold Museum of Peru” display the craftsmanship of several centuries of Peruvian history, mainly in pre-Inca gold. There are decorative items of all the cultures, such as, embossed and weaved nose ornaments with cut stone pendants; sets of filigree figures depicting birds, men, or monkeys; mantles, bracelets and earflaps of the Vicus culture; lizards, weasels, felines, bags of coca leaves, earrings and belts of the Frias culture; pectorals with zoomorphic designs, flat or embossed crowns of the Chancay culture; funerary masks with twisted rays or serpents from Ica; and masks with open mouths and teeth, wristbands, shin protectors and spatulas of the Nazca culture.



Languages

English and Spanish



Redeem information
Voucher type: No needed
Voucherless. You don’t need to bring any voucher (digital or printed)!

Location
Starting point:
Passengers will be collected at their respective hotels (located in Miraflores, San Isidro or Lima downtown).

End point: Same as starting point

Schedule
Opening dates
10:30 - 13:30
14:30 - 17:30

Duration: 3 Hours

Guiding options
Guiding type: Guide

Requirements
Please make sure you answer all the mandatory questions during the booking process.
People under the influence of alcohol or drugs are not allowed to take part.