Stepping Back into Time at Museo Larco

Pre-Columbian pottery

The gallery exhibits of Museo Larco are chronologically ordered, so each area takes the visitor through ever-later periods of Peruvian history.

Tower of Bowls

Exhibits include everything from basic pottery bowl to pottery works of art.  There are even galleries devoted to pre-Columbian erotic pottery and gold artifacts, a glimpse of which I’ll give you next Wednesday.  There are also exhibits displaying more useful items, such as arrow and spear tips.

Arrow and spear heads

Not everything in Museo Larco is pre-Columbian, however.  There are more modern works depicting Christian themes and Spanish nobility.

Not everything here is pre-Columbian

Below is today’s slide show of Museo Larco exhibits.  Click on any image to enlarge and bring up today’s presentation.

Museo Larco collection

Pre-Columbian art

Pre-Columbian art

Museo Larco collection

Pre-Columbian art

Museo Larco collection

Pre-Columbian art

Owls and Cats

Pre-Columbian art