Mujica Gallo (Gold Museum)
- Address: Avenue Alonso de Molina 1100, Lima
- Hours: 11:30am - 7pm
- Admission: Adults: 33 Nuevos Soles
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Cultural Experience,
Museum
The gold drew the attention of the Spanish and led to the empire’s downfall, but not all of the Inca gold was removed and melted down by the conquistadors. The privately owned and operated Mujica Gallo displays more than 8,000 gold, silver and gilt copper artifacts surviving from pre-Inca and Inca civilizations.
The collection also includes pottery, weapons and clothing but the golden figurines and gem-studded jewelry are the real highlight.
Work your way through the various rooms crammed with golden drinking vessels, gilt animals and birds, masks, armor, swords and pistols, and take home a replica souvenir from the gift shop.
Latest Reviews
Review by Britt B, USA, June 2012
Doing what: Mujica Gallo's Private Gold Collection and Weapons of the World Museum
Interesting tour with a highly knowledgeble guide. The weapons collection was very impressive for a private one. Great experience.
Britt
Review by André Archangelo, Brazil, November 2011
Doing what: Mujica Gallo's Private Gold Collection and Weapons of the World Museum
The Gold Museum itself is great and defintely a must in Lima. The guide was also a nice person. However the tour was too short and, *unacceptable*, does not include a guided tour through the Weapons of the World museum, which could be even more interesting as the collection is really extense (even bigger than Gold's). The guide left us with only 20 minutes to visit the entire collection by ouselves, which is clearly insufficient. One word: frustrating.
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