The Museo Nacional de Arqueología Antropología e Historia del Perú (English: ''National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History of Peru'') is the largest and oldest museum in

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, located on Plaza Bolívar in the

Pueblo Libre Pueblo Libre (originally called La Magdalena or Old Magdalena to differentiate it from Magdalena del Mar District) is a district of the Lima Province in Peru. Its name, which means ''Free Town'' or ''Free People'', was granted by José de San Mart� ...

district of

Lima Lima ( ; ), originally founded as Ciudad de Los Reyes (City of The Kings) is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín Rivers, in the desert zone of the central coastal part of ...

. The museum houses more than 100,000 artifacts spanning the entire history of human occupation in what is now Peru. Highlights include the

Raimondi Stele The Raimondi Stele is a sacred object and significant piece of art of the Chavín culture of the central Andes in present-day Peru. The Chavín were named after Chavín de Huantar, the main structure found in ruin at this archaeological site. The Ch ...

and the Tello Obelisk from Chavín de Huantar, and an impressive scale model of the

Incan The Inca Empire (also known as the Incan Empire and the Inka Empire), called ''Tawantinsuyu'' by its subjects, (Quechua for the "Realm of the Four Parts", "four parts together" ) was the largest empire in pre-Columbian America. The admin ...

citadel, Machu Picchu. In 2021, the new National Museum of Archaeology (MUNA) is destined to open after artifacts from the museum. The National Museum of Archaeology, Anthropology, and History is proposed to become a museum dedicated to the republican era of Peru.

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