A gallery of pre-Columbian erotic pottery is what the Larco Museum is best known for. Signs give its official name, Museo Arqueológico Rafael Larco Herrera. This privately owned museum of pre-Columbian art, meaning art made before the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, occupies an 18th-century building from the vice-royal era in Lima's Pueblo Libre district.
The main galleries are arranged chronologically and trace 5,000 years of Peruvian history before European contact, so visitors can follow the country's ancient cultures in sequence. That broad overview suits anyone looking for a thorough introduction to Peru's pre-Columbian past. Rafael Larco Hoyle founded the museum in 1926.
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