{{short description|Museum in Lima, Peru}} [[File:Pati interior del Museo Nacional Afroperuano.jpg|thumb|right|250px|National Afro-Peruvian Museum]] The '''National Afro-Peruvian Museum''' is a museum dedicated to the acquisition, preservation and exhibition of objects related to the history of African descendants in Peru. Its headquarters is located in the [[Casa de las Trece Monedas|House of the Thirteen Coins]] located on [[Jirón Áncash|Ancash Street]] in the [[historic centre of Lima]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.larepublica.pe/14-06-2009/museo-nacional-afroperuano-abre-sus-puertas|title=Museo Nacional Afroperuano abre sus puertas|date=14 June 2009|publisher=|access-date=29 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913062742/http://larepublica.pe/14-06-2009/museo-nacional-afroperuano-abre-sus-puertas|archive-date=13 September 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> It was inaugurated on 4 June 2009.
The museum has nine permanent exhibition halls, the main exhibits showing the beginnings of [[Slavery in the Spanish New World colonies|trade in African slaves]] in Latin America, as well as the slave trade in Peru.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=4289|title=Inventario Turistico del Perú|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304112313/http://www.mincetur.gob.pe/TURISMO/OTROS/inventario%20turistico/Ficha.asp?cod_Ficha=4289|archivedate=2016-03-04}}</ref> In the museum, relics are exhibited from [[Viceroyalty of Peru|colonial times]] until the beginning of the Republic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mitiempo.pe/en-la-ciudad/cultural/15124/museo-nacional-afroperuano|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120726141945/http://mitiempo.pe/en-la-ciudad/cultural/15124/museo-nacional-afroperuano|archive-date = 2012-07-26|title = Mitiempo. Alquiler y venta de casas, departamentos, terrenos, oficinas, locales comerciales, en todo Perú}}</ref>
== Related museums == Another museum, the Afro-Peruvian Museum of Zaña, was opened in the [[Saña District]] of [[Lambayeque, Peru|Lambayeque region]] in 2005. In 2017, it was declared a Slavery Memory and African Cultural Heritage Site by the [[UNESCO|United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization]] (UNESCO).<ref>{{Cite web |last=República |first=La |date=2017-07-16 |title=Lambayeque: Museo de Zaña es declarado ‘Sitio de la Memoria de la Esclavitud’ |url=https://larepublica.pe/sociedad/1062571-lambayeque-museo-de-zana-es-declarado-sitio-de-la-memoria-de-la-esclavitud |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=larepublica.pe |language=es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Redacción |date=2023-05-08 |title=Museo Arqueológico de Los Andes con amplia cartelera de actividades |url=https://ilam.org/museo-arqueologico-de-los-andes-con-amplia-cartelera-de-actividades/ |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=ILAM |language=es-CR}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official|https://web.archive.org/web/20140214113258/http://museoafroperuano.pe:80/}} archived from {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20110207094319/http://museoafroperuano.com/ here]}}
{{Landmarks in Lima}}
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[[Category:Museums of the African diaspora]] [[Category:Museums in Lima]] [[Category:Historic Centre of Lima]]