National Afro-Peruvian Museum
National Afro-Peruvian Museum
The National Afro-Peruvian Museum is a museum dedicated to the acquisition, preservation and exhibition of objects related to the history of African descendants in Peru. Its headquarters is located in the House of Thirteen Coins located on Ancash Street in the historic center of Lima.[1] It was inaugurated on 4 June 2009.
The museum has nine permanent exhibition halls, the main exhibits showing the beginnings of trade in African slaves in Latin America, as well as the slave trade in Peru.[2] In the museum, relics are exhibited from colonial times until the beginning of the Republic.[3]
References[]
- ^ "Museo Nacional Afroperuano abre sus puertas". 14 June 2009. Archived from the original on 13 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "Inventario Turistico del Perú". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
- ^ "Mitiempo. Alquiler y venta de casas, departamentos, terrenos, oficinas, locales comerciales, en todo Perú". Archived from the original on 2012-07-26.
External links[]
- Official website archived from here
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Categories:
- Museums of the African diaspora
- Museums in Lima