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due or a fresh cup of fair-trade hot cocoa. It organizes chocolate farm tours close to Santa
María. It's multi-lingual and kid-friendly.
Museo de Plantas Sagradas,
Mágicas y Medicinales
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( 22-2214; Calle Santa Teresa 351; admission S15; 10am-7pm Mon-Sat, 12-6pm
Sun) This fascinating new museum leaves no leaf unturned, exploring the history and
workings of Peruvian medicinal plants, sacred plants and hallucinogenics. Highlights in-
clude displays on biopiracy, coca's 8000 years of cultivation, and trippy multi-layered
visuals that emulate the ayahuasca experience. Unfortunately, all of the dioramas are in
Spanish. It's worthwhile to contract an English-speaking guide (S4 per person) to explain.
There's a gift shop with quality natural products and a lauded cafe in a private upstairs
patio.
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Museo de Arte Precolombino
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( 23-3210; map.perucultural.org.pe ; Plazoleta Nazarenas 231; admission S22;
9am-10pm) Inside a Spanish colonial mansion with an Inca ceremonial courtyard, this
dramatically curated pre-Columbian art museum showcases a stunningly varied, if select-
ively small, collection of archaeological artifacts previously buried in the vast storerooms
of Lima's Museo Larco. Dating from between 1250 BC and AD 1532, the artifacts show
off the artistic and cultural achievements of many of Peru's ancient cultures, with exhibits
labeled in Spanish, English and French.
Highlights include the Nazca and Moche galleries of multicolored ceramics, queros
(ceremonial Inca wooden drinking vessels) and dazzling displays of jewelry made with in-
tricate gold- and silverwork.
Museo Inka
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( 23-7380; Tucumán at Ataúd; admission S10; 8am-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-4pm Sat)
The charmingly modest Museo Inka, a steep block northeast of the Plaza de Armas, is the
best museum in town for those interested in the Incas. The restored interior is jam packed
with a fine collection of metal- and goldwork, jewelry, pottery, textiles, mummies, models
and the world's largest collection of queros . There's excellent interpretive information in
Spanish and English-speaking guides are usually available for a small fee.
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