Museum of the Nation, Lima, Peru

Standing: High
Rank: Rank 241 of 14,583

Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

About Museum of the Nation

The Museo de la Nación was an archaeological museum and one of the largest in Peru, created by supreme decree under President Alan García. It occupied the Complejo Administrativo del Sector Público Pesquero, a brutalist building by the architects Miguel Cruchaga, Miguel Rodrigo and Emilio Soyer, commissioned in 1970 through a public competition to house the Ministry of Fisheries and later the seat of the Banco de la Nación until 1986. Its collection held more than 12,500 pre-Hispanic pieces and over 2,500 colonial and republican works of art.

Checked 2026-11-10 · Source

Season and crowds

The museum's collection was closed permanently on 8 July 2014, officially for a remodelling that never took place. The building has since hosted international events such as the 2016 APEC summit and houses administrative offices of the Ministry of Culture, together with the ministry's Centro de la Cultura and the Armando Robles Godoy cinema hall. The archaeological pieces were moved to the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú in Pueblo Libre, and other pieces are to be shown at the Museo Nacional del Perú in Lurín.

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Place details and sources

Address: Avenida Javier Prado Este, 2300, San Borja OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Wheelchair access: Available OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Type of place: Museum OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Established: 1988 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Opened: 1990 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
Operator: Ministerio de Cultura del Perú OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
Wikipedia article: Museo de la Nación Wikipedia · Checked 2026-09-09

Website Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
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Common questions

Is it open now?

No. The museum's collection closed permanently on 8 July 2014; the building now houses Ministry of Culture offices.

Where did the collection go?

The archaeological pieces went to the Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Antropología e Historia del Perú in Pueblo Libre; other pieces are to be shown at the Museo Nacional del Perú in Lurín.

Who designed the building?

The architects Miguel Cruchaga, Miguel Rodrigo and Emilio Soyer, whose brutalist design won a 1970 public competition.