National Museum of Peru

National Museum of Peru (MUNA)
Museo Nacional del Perú (MUNA)
	Main façade of the museum.
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Location	Lurín District, Lima, Peru
Type	National museum
Collection size	500,000
Owner	Government of Peru
Website	muna.cultura.pe

The National Museum of Peru is a national museum in Lurín District, Lima, Peru, located within the archaeological zone of Pachacamac. The museum will hold over a half million artifacts of the Pre-Columbian era and Inca Empire, ranging back to 5,000 BCE.^[1] It opened in July 2021 as part of Peru's bicentennial celebrations and is capable of accepting 15,000 guests per day.^[2]^[3]

History

Planning and construction

Ideas for a national museum were first proposed by José de San Martín in 1822 when he proposed a national museum, library and archive to be constructed during the Peruvian War of Independence.^[4] The idea was promoted again nearly two centuries later by Minister of Culture Diana Álvarez Calderón during the administration of President Ollanta Humala in 2013.^[5] Humala had initial plans for a museum in Peruvian Amazonia, though Álvarez Calderón urged him to dedicate a national museum to Peru first, with ideas of creating a National Museum of Peru.^[5] In May 2014, bidding for the project's design was announced,^[6] with architect Alexia León Ángel winning the competition.^[2]

The plan involved filling the new museum with pieces from the Museo de la Nación – the former Ministry of Fisheries headquarters from 1970 – and the National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology and History of Peru, which was outdated and did not have proper equipment to maintain the temperature and lighting of displays.^[7] The process for safely transferring the items from other sites to the museum was anticipated to take about twenty years.^[8] Another area for more contemporary objects was also planned to fill the 70,000 square metres (750,000 sq ft) of space.^[7] By late-2017, planned areas for recreation and administration were removed to lower costs, with the seven-story, $125 million museum's area being set at 65,000 square metres (700,000 sq ft).^[4]^[9]

During the government of Francisco Sagasti, the Ministry of Culture announced in November 2020 that the museum was destined to open in July 2021 for the celebration of Peru's two-hundredth anniversary of independence.^[10]

Operation

In late July 2021, MUNA opened to the public with a limited display in four galleries.^[4] One gallery featured information about the museum's background and construction while another highlighted how Peru's antiquities and culture were exploited by illicit trade.^[4] MUNA is expected to be fully operational in 2024.^[4]

References

^ "Museo Nacional de Arqueología del Perú se culminará a mediados del 2019 | LIMA". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Presentan proyecto ganador de concurso de ideas para futuro Museo Nacional". Andina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ "Presidente Vizcarra anuncia compromiso del gobierno de entregar nuevo Museo Nacional del Perú". www.gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Angeleti, Gabriella (13 September 2021). "Peru's heritage gets a new $125m home". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Diana Álvarez Calderón: entre ruinas y cultura viva | LUCES". El Comercio (in Spanish). 22 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
^ "Abrirán convocatoria para diseñar el Museo Nacional del Perú»". El Comercio. 29 May 2014.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b "Museo Nacional del Perú ya cuenta con diseño arquitectónico". La Republica. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14.
^ "MUNA, un museo emblema para celebrar el bicentenario | FOTOS | LUCES". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ "Lurín: construcción del Museo Nacional del Perú registra un 22% de avance | LIMA". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2020-11-24.
^ "Lurín: Museo Nacional del Perú será inaugurado en julio del 2021 | nnpp | LIMA". Peru21 (in Spanish). 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

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[1] "Museo Nacional de Arqueología del Perú se culminará a mediados del 2019 | LIMA". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2018-12-28. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[:0-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Presentan proyecto ganador de concurso de ideas para futuro Museo Nacional". Andina (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[3] "Presidente Vizcarra anuncia compromiso del gobierno de entregar nuevo Museo Nacional del Perú". www.gob.pe (in Spanish). Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[ARTnews-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Angeleti, Gabriella (13 September 2021). "Peru's heritage gets a new $125m home". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 29 September 2021.

[EC1-5] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Diana Álvarez Calderón: entre ruinas y cultura viva | LUCES". El Comercio (in Spanish). 22 December 2013. Retrieved 24 November 2020.

[6] "Abrirán convocatoria para diseñar el Museo Nacional del Perú»". El Comercio. 29 May 2014.

[:1-7] Jump up to: ^a ^b "Museo Nacional del Perú ya cuenta con diseño arquitectónico". La Republica. 24 July 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-12-14.

[8] "MUNA, un museo emblema para celebrar el bicentenario | FOTOS | LUCES". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2019-09-18. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[9] "Lurín: construcción del Museo Nacional del Perú registra un 22% de avance | LIMA". El Comercio (in Spanish). 2017-08-10. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

[10] "Lurín: Museo Nacional del Perú será inaugurado en julio del 2021 | nnpp | LIMA". Peru21 (in Spanish). 2020-11-24. Retrieved 2020-11-24.

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History

Planning and construction

Operation

See also

References