Museo Larco
The private collection of pre-Columbian art founded by Rafael Larco Hoyle in 1926, in a viceregal mansion in Pueblo Libre built over a pre-Hispanic pyramid, with storerooms you can walk through and an erotic gallery that is almost a legend.
Opening hours
Hours
- Monday
- 09:00–19:00
- Tuesday
- 09:00–19:00
- Wednesday
- 09:00–19:00
- Thursday
- 09:00–19:00
- Friday
- 09:00–19:00
- Saturday
- 09:00–19:00
- Sunday
- 09:00–19:00
Tickets
Entry S/ 50
Location
Museo Larco
Av. Simón Bolívar 1515, Pueblo Libre (ingreso por Calle Navarra 169, frente al Parque Larco)
About Museo Larco
Museo Larco occupies a white viceregal mansion surrounded by bougainvillea gardens, facing Parque Larco; the entrance is at Calle Navarra 169. The permanent exhibition walks through the cultures of ancient Peru, and the museum also opens its visitable storerooms —thousands of ceramic pieces arranged in display cases— and the Erotic Gallery, the room that draws the most curiosity. Our take: it is an archaeology museum you enjoy even if you are no specialist: the collection feels less like a warehouse than a considered route, and the gardens and the museum's own café-restaurant make the visit stretch out effortlessly. It opens every day, holidays included, from 9:00 to 19:00. General admission is S/ 50, with reduced rates for seniors (S/ 35), students and minors aged 9 to 17 (S/ 25) and children aged 3 to 8 (S/ 1); buying online gets a discount. Google lists wheelchair-accessible entrance, space and restrooms, and free wifi.