It seems that much of the museum was not accessible due to renovations. We didn’t see many of the things shown on this site. It would have been nice if this was advertised on the internet; when tourists with limited time in Lima spend some of it fighting their way across town in heavy traffic to see it, and many of the exhibitions are not visible.

It was a good history of the country on display, and great that there was no entry fee. Given that so many English-speaking people would visit here, it was surprising that so little of the information on display was translated.

The entry must have been reversed at some point, because we could not find the beginning of the chronological order of the displays until we were halfway through the rooms, so the understanding of the sequence of events in history was made more difficult.

There were very few people here, which was good, because it allowed us more time to try and translate some of the information shown. The staff were very helpful and friendly.

Hopefully the new work will improve on many of these things.

There was some local food available inside the museum grounds, but if you want a fabulous sit-down meal with excellent service and comfy chairs, go towards the main road and find the restaurant called Rural Restaurante. It is amazing.