¡Maravillas del Perú, wonderful and magical land! : Archaeological Museums of Lambayeque. Mandatory visit

Thursday, June 13, 2019

Archaeological Museums of Lambayeque. Mandatory visit

Archaeological Museums of Lambayeque. Mandatory visit

Lambayeque was always renamed for the existence of an immense archaeological wealth, especially in ceramics and goldsmithing, which was treated as a booty that anyone could take. Enrique Brüning, as always a foreigner arrived from Germany, was the first to recognize the value of this wealth and the obligation to preserve it. In 1921 the Bruning Museum was officially presented in Lambayeque. Just after 70 years, a similar proposal appears, the Museum of Royal Tombs of Sipan. A Peruvian, Walter Alva, was the driving force behind the work.

In the 20 years that followed, four additional museums were created. Now there is the possibility of appreciating the ways of life and the talent of the inhabitants of the different cultures that inhabited the current Lambayeque region.

Brüning National Archaeological Museum

The Brüning National Archaeological Museum is located in Lambayeque, Peru. It was inaugurated in 1966, was the result of research for 50 years by the Peruvian Enrique Brüning.

Basic data:

Address. Av. Huamachuco cdra. 8 s / n, Lambayeque, Peru

Phone. (074) 282110 (074) 283440

E-mail. museonacionalbruning@yahoo.es museobruningclamb@yahoo.es

Museum of natural history: Collections of Mochica archeological pieces, chavín, vicús, incaicas, chimú. More than 1500 archaeological pieces

Website. www.museobruning.com

Museum "Royal Tombs of Sipán"

The Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum is a modern building with a truncated pyramid shape, reinforced concrete, inspired by the ancient Moches sanctuaries. The museum was inaugurated on November 8, 2002; At present, it is an institution of projection to the community, with educational programs, a research center.

Basic data:

Address. Av. Juan Pablo Vizcardo y Guzman No. 895, Lambayeque, Lambayeque, Peru

Phones. (074) 283977, (074) 283978

E-mail. tumbasdesipan@hotmail.com, tumbasdesipan@gmail.com

Facebook. www.facebook.com/museotumbasrealesdesipan

Surface. 3.156,45 m²

Creation. 2002, inaugurated in November 2002.

Director. Walter Alva

Visitors per year. 186,5751

Website. www.museotumbasrealessipan

Museum of Sitio de Huaca Rajada - Sipán

The Huaca Rajada-Sipán Site Museum is a Peruvian museum, located in the district of Saña, in the province of Chiclayo, in the department of Lambayeque. The museum was inaugurated on January 29, 2009; It houses ornaments and jewelry found during an archaeological excavation in 2007. The samples correspond to the Lambayeque and Chimú cultures.

Basic data:

Address. Archaeological Complex of Huaca Rajada, Campiña Huaca Rajada s / n, Zaña,

Lambayeque - Peru

Phone. (074) 800048

E-mail. museohrsipan@gmail.com

Facebook. www.facebook.com/museo.huacarajadasipan

Surface. 1000 m²

Visitors / year. 49,000 (2015)

Museo de Sitio de Chotuna - Chornancap

The Museo de Sitio Chotuna-Chornancap is a Peruvian museum, which is located in the department of Lambayeque. It was inaugurated on September 19, 2009; is located in the archaeological complex Chotuna Chornancap, district of San José, 9 km from the city of Lambayeque; houses gold and silver jewelry and other ornaments of the rulers of the Lambayecan culture

Basic data

Address., Huaca Chotuna sector Bodegones, peasant community San José; Lambayeque Highway - San José. Lambayeque - Peru

Telephones: (074) 282110, (074) 600469

E-mail. museodesitiochotuna@yahoo.es

National Museum of the Sicán Culture

The Sicán National Museum is located in the city of Ferreñafe, near Chiclayo, on the north coast of Peru. The museum is mainly dedicated to the Lambayeque or Sicán culture; It was inaugurated in March 2001.

Basic data:

Address. Av. Batán Grande s / n cdra 9, Carretera Pitipo, Ferrenafe. Lambayeque - Peru

Phone. (074) 286469

E-mail. museumsican@hotmail.com museosican@speedy.com.pe

Facebook. www.facebook.com/pages/Museum-National-Sican/109965152373661

Surface. 2,734.05 m² (built), 19,706.81 m² (open air)

Website. https://www.facebook.com/Museo-Nacional-Sican-109965152373661

Túcume Site Museum

The Museo de Sitio Túcume is a Peruvian museum located in the department of Lambayeque, shows scale models of the archaeological complex, as well as archaeological pieces found and recovered during the excavations carried out in Túcume between 1989 and 1994. The museum was inaugurated on August 20, 1993 .