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It was founded in 1969 by the Marianist Brother Dr. Roberto Wood, who brought together a group of professors related to the specialty. At the same time, they organized the Institute of Pre-Columbian Studies, which was created along with the museum in 1970, marking the beginning of the professional Archaeology program at the university, the first outside Lima.
The museum has eight rooms that present the cultural development of the Arequipa region, from the high-Andean hunter-gatherers, approximately around 10,000 BC, to the arrival of the Spaniards in the 16th century and the republican period.
Cruz Verde Street 303, Cercado de Arequipa.
This room presents the Preagroalfarero Period, represented by the preceramic rock shelter of Pintasayoc, with pieces linked to the lithic stage, such as projectile points, knives, and scrapers. It also displays evidence from the Early Intermediate Period, with Nazca influence in the Arequipa region.
This room is dedicated to the Late Intermediate Period and the Churajón chiefdom, settled in areas of Arequipa and Moquegua. Its inhabitants developed agriculture, livestock farming, agricultural terraces, and tricolor ceramics with geometric decoration.
This room presents the Chiribaya Kingdom, developed in Moquegua and recognized for its polychrome ceramics and textiles. It also includes expressions of the Aruni Kingdom, associated with the Condesuyos area, with modeled ceramics and decorations of camelids, rheas, snakes, and geometric motifs.
This room displays pieces related to the Colla Kingdom, developed in the Altiplano, on the shores of Lake Titicaca, whose influence reached areas of the Arequipa coast.
This room is dedicated to the Late Horizon and the Tahuantinsuyo, one of the largest states in pre-Hispanic America. Ceramic, architectural, agricultural, and hydraulic engineering pieces stand out. One of the most characteristic ceramic forms of this period is the aryballos.
This room shows evidence linked to the Inca period, such as funerary bundles, textiles, metalwork objects, and ceramics.
This room is dedicated to Andean textile art. It presents textiles made with cotton and camelid wool, including vicuña, alpaca, and llama. These textiles were used as clothing, fishing nets, bags, sashes, blankets, hats, and turbans.
This room is dedicated to the colonial and republican periods. It exhibits glass, earthenware, iron objects, and other materials brought from Europe, as well as pieces related to the cultural changes that followed the Spanish arrival.
Reference hours: Monday to Saturday, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Reference fees are S/ 3.00 for national visitors, S/ 1.50 for students, and S/ 20.00 for foreign visitors.
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