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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.

Pre-Columbian art

Pre-Columbian art

Museo Larco collection

Pre-Columbian art

Pre-Columbian art

Pre-Columbian art

Owls and Cats

Museo Larco collection

Museo Larco collection

Museo Larco founded in 1926

Museo Larco is a logical stop when visiting Lima, Peru.  This museum dedicated to pre-Columbian art (meaning before Christopher Columbus’ visit to the New World in 1492) was founded in 1926, and today Museo Larco contains artifacts spanning some 4,000 years of Peruvian indigenous history, and cultural displays going back another 6,000 years before even that.

Museo Larco flowers

But before you get to all that history you’ll pass through the gardens of Museo Larco, including the flower-covered exterior walls of the museum.

Climbing the walls at Museo Larco

We’ll start touring the inside of the Larco and discover its treasures beginning Wednesday.  Today however I’m going to show off Larco’s magnificent flowers and cacti.  Click on any image below to enlarge an image and bring up today’s slide show:

Larco Museum flowers and cacti

Museo Larco flowers

Cactus at the Larco Museum

Museo Larco flowers

Museo Larco flowers

Cactus at the Larco Museum

Museo Larco flowers

Museo Larco flowers