Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Museo de Arte de Lima
( 204-0000;
www.mali.pe
;
Paseo Colón 125; adult/child S12/4; 10am-5pm, closed
Wed)
Known locally as MALI, Lima's principal fine-art museum is housed in a striking
beaux-arts building that was recently renovated. Subjects span from pre-Columbian to
contemporary art, and there's also guided visits to special exhibits. On Sunday, entry is
just S1. A satellite museum is under construction in Barranco.
MUSEUM
Parque de la Cultura
Originally known as Parque de la Exposición, this newly revamped park has gardens and
a small amphitheater for outdoor performances. Two of Lima's major art museums reside
here.
PARK
Museo de Arte Italiano
(Italian Art Museum; 423-9932; Paseo de la República 250; adult/child S3/1;
10am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Just north of MALI, the Museo de Arte Italiano exhibits a tepid col-
lection of 19th- and 20th-century Italian academic art. Its best attribute is the glittering
Venetian mosaics on the exterior walls.
MUSEUM
El Circuito Mágico del Agua
(Parque de la Reserva, Av Petit Thouars, cuadra 5; admission S4; 4pm-10pm)
This in-
dulgent series of illuminated fountains is so over the top it can't help but induce stupefac-
tion among even the most hardened traveling cynic. A dozen different fountains - all
splendiferously illuminated - are capped, at the end, by a laser light show at the 120m-
long Fuente de la Fantasía (Fantasy Fountain). The whole display is set to a medley of
tunes comprised of everything from Peruvian waltzes to ABBA. Has to be seen to be be-
lieved.
FOUNTAIN
Museo de Historia Natural
Offline map
(Natural History Museum; 471-0117;
http://museohn.unmsm.edu.pe
;
Arenales 1256,
Jesús María; adult/child S7/5; 9am-5pm Mon-Sat, 10am-1:30pm Sun)
One block west
MUSEUM
