Regional Historical Museum of Cusco explained

Regional Historical Museum of Cusco
Native Name:	Museo Histórico Regional Casa del Inka Garcilaso de La Vega
Native Name Lang:	Spanish
Location:	Calle Garcilaso at Heladeros, Cusco, Peru
Coordinates:	-13.5175°N -71.9803°W
Type:	Art museum and historic site
Embedded:	Child: yes Part Of: City of Cuzco Area: Latin America and the Caribbean Criteria: Cultural: iii, iv Id: 273 Year: 1983

The Regional Historical Museum of Cusco (Spanish; Castilian: Museo Histórico Regional del Cuzco) is a museum located in the city of Cusco, in the Cusco Region of Peru.^{[1] [2] [3]}

It is located in the house where the Cusco chronicler Inca Garcilaso de la Vega was born and lived. In 1946, it was converted into a museum.^[4]

The collection consists of ceramics, paintings, metals, and textiles.^[5] It has 13 rooms; on the first level, it is in the process of implementation, housing paleontological and archaeological objects from the pre-Hispanic period, while on the second level, assets from the viceregal, republican, and contemporary periods are exhibited.^[6] On January 6, 2014, two rooms referring to the Prehistoric and Pre-Hispanic periods were inaugurated.^[7]

See also

• Plaza Regocijo

Notes and References

1. http://museos.cultura.pe/museos/museo-hist%C3%B3rico-regional-de-cusco Regional Historical Museum of Cusco
2. http://www.culturacusco.gob.pe/museo-de-casa-garcilaso/ Regional Historical Museum of Cusco
3. http://rpp.pe/peru/actualidad/cusco-el-museo-historico-regional-de-la-casa-garcilaso-noticia-662536 Cusco: the Regional Historical Museum of Casa Garcilaso
4. http://www.arqueotur.org/yacimientos/museo-historico-regional-del-cusco.html Regional Historical Museum of Cusco
5. https://www.deperu.com/cultural/museos/museo-historico-regional-casa-garcilaso-1273 Regional Historical Museum - Casa Garcilaso
6. http://cosituc.gob.pe/museo-historico-regional/ Regional Historical Museum
7. https://larepublica.pe/cultural/762638-museo-historico-regional-de-la-casa-garcilaso-en-el-cusco-inaugurara-dos-nuevas-salas Regional Historical Museum of Casa Garcilaso in Cusco will inaugurate two new rooms