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Cusco Museums and Galleries

Cusco’s museums span from the Qoricancha, once the Inca Empire's most vital sun temple, to the Inca Museum housing mummies and archaeological finds. Visitors can explore local traditions at the Museo de la Coca and learn about Peruvian spirits at Museo del Pisco. Art enthusiasts will find contemporary tapestries at Museo Maximo Laura and colonial-era religious works at the San Jeronimo and Hilario Mendivil museums. For a different perspective, the Cusco Planetarium offers insights into Inca astronomy and the southern sky.

Qoricancha Site Museum

Coricancha, Curicancha, Koricancha, Qoricancha or Qorikancha was the most important temple in the Inca Empire, and was described by early…

Inca Museum

In this museum, you can see artefacts from Peruvian history, mainly from a period of Incas. There are also their mummies!

Cusco Planetarium

Inca people are known for their fascination by the sky above us. The planetarium maintains this tradition.

ChocoMuseum

In this museum, you will get to known the history of chocolate and the process of its production. You can also taste the chocolate!

Museo del Pisco

Dedicated to Peru's national grape brandy, this venue functions as both a bar and educational space. It offers tastings, cocktail workshops, and information on the distillation processes and history of different pisco varieties from various Peruvian regions.

Museo Maximo Laura

This gallery showcases the contemporary textile art of Maximo Laura, a UNESCO Living Human Treasure. The collection features vibrant, hand-woven tapestries that blend traditional Andean weaving techniques with modern designs and mythological themes.

Museo de la Coca

This museum explores the history and cultural significance of the coca leaf in the Andes. Exhibits detail its medicinal uses, role in sacred rituals, and economic importance from the Inca period to the present day.

Hilario Mendivil Museum

This small museum displays works of Hilario Mendivil Velasco, a famous Peruvian artisan. He created many religious sculptures.

San Jeronimo Museum

Cuzco used to have many art schools and their works from 17th and 18th centuries are displayed in this small museum.

Museo de Piedras Cusco Rumi Llaqta

An outdoor museum and workshop featuring stone sculptures and carvings inspired by Inca masonry techniques and Andean cosmology, created by local artist Rumi Llaqta.