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The Guillermo Zegarra Meneses Municipal Historical Museum was founded on August 18, 1955, with the purpose of presenting local, national, and international visitors with part of the history of this region of the country, including aspects related to ethnology and the visual arts, which reflect Arequipa’s historical identity.
This museum also serves as a space to commemorate the men and women who left a legacy over time, whose lives and works show their dedication to the cultural, artistic, and historical development of Arequipa.
Since its creation, the Municipal Historical Museum of Arequipa has played an important role in sharing different aspects of the region’s history with visitors. Its exhibitions cover architecture, ethnology, visual arts, and, above all, the broad historical development of Arequipa.
The exhibition is distributed across several rooms, including the Pre-Hispanic Room, Emancipation Room, Republic Room, Vinatea Reynoso Room, Naval Room, Architecture Room, Illustrious Arequipeños Room, and the Art Gallery.
It is located at 407 San Francisco Street, in the historic center of Arequipa.
Among the main attractions of the museum are the following rooms:
Room 1: This room displays samples from the regional pre-Hispanic cultures of Arequipa, including Chuquibamba, Churajón, Wari pieces such as the feathered mantle, and lithic points from Sumbay.
Room 2: This room presents colonial baroque architecture from southern Peru, with representations of church façades and 17th-century mansions.
Rooms 3 and 4: These rooms display photographs and objects related to the Battle of Dos de Mayo and the War of the Pacific, including the flag flown at the Santa Rosa Tower in Callao in 1866, portraits of notable Arequipeños, a portrait of a hero of the War of the Pacific, letters from Miguel Grau addressed to his wife Dolores de Cavero, and telegrams from Colonel Francisco Bolognesi dated June 7, 1880.
Room 5: Earthquakes in the city of Arequipa from 1868 to 2001.
Room 7: Visual arts gallery, with works by renowned painters such as Luis Palao, Clavo de Araujo, Casimiro Cuadros, Carlos Trujillo Olmedo, the Núñez Ureta brothers, López Galván, and others.
Reference hours: Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
General admission: approximately S/ 10.00.
Reduced rates: check directly with the museum.
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