Museo de la Universidad Nacional de San Agustín

Arequipa


One of many small university-run museums in Arequipa, this one’s a little more esoteric than most with themes jumping between archaeological remains, baroque furniture and colonial art from the Peruvian escuela cuzqueña (Cuzco school; a group of colonial artists who combined Spanish and Andean artistic styles).


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