Museo Santury Anthropology

Mountain Archeology
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Santa Catalina 210
Cercado
Arequipa,
Arequipa, Peru
Phone No. +51 54 21 0121
 Visit Websitehttp://www.ucsm.edu.pe/santury
 E mailsantury@ucsm.edu.pe

Overview

The only museum that specializes in archeology of the Andes mountains, this museum is located in a 15th century manor house with five different exhibition halls and a small souvenir shop. The museum presents videos related to the discovery of mummies. The mummies themselves are not here all year because they are sometimes taken on international exhibitions. With luck, however, you will see the famous mummy known as "Juanita, the Lady of Ampato". Admission is 15 soles. Guides are available in in Spanish, English, French, Italian, and German.

skip this museumby Yahoo | 2005-03-13 21:10:39 |

this was such a waste of money! 15 soles to get in and there are only four, fairly empty rooms. juanita was replaced by a terrible copy (so unrealistic i could hardly belive they put it out). the women at the front desk were rude and told us we HAD to tip our guide who was of no use at all. she knew nothing that you couldnt tell just from looking at the museum contents. (ie. "this is a little gold llama, this is a little bronze llama") skip it and just look at pictures! the worst museum ive ever been to, ( ive been to plenty!)