Museum of Indigenous Amazonian Cultures, Loreto Region, Peru
4.5 (236 reviews) Friday: 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #5 in Iquitos Speciality Museums
Tribes of the Amazon
The museum exhibits ethnographic artifacts from 30 different Amazon Indian cultures from the greater Amazon basin including groups from eastern Brazil, Guyana, Xingu, Mata Grosso, Colombia, the Peruvian lowlands and the foot hills of the Andes. The theme of the museum is how Amazon Indians live within nature and are helping to conserve the fragile rainforests. Exhibits are displayed in a period house on two floors and in line with international museum standards. The museum is located on the riverfront in the historic district of Iquitos at 332 Malecon Tarapaca and is open daily from 10 am to 7 pm.
Address
332 Malecon Tarapaca, Iquitos Loreto Peru
Mobile
Website
http://www.fundamazonia.org/
Working hours
Monday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Friday, May 10, 2024, 3:15
User Ratings
4.5 based on (236 reviews)
Reviews
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5periplanomeni 5:00 PM Nov 13, 2018
Lovely museum.
Just love the fact that with your ticket you get a free tour. It is always so much better than reading signs. A very interesting and well displayed museum with a nice shop. Not easy to find nice artifacts so it was really good that this museum had such a variety!
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4Raymoel 5:00 PM Sep 27, 2019
Pleasant surprise
Iquitos is typically a "passing through" venue for tourists interested in exploring by river, tributaries of the Amazon. It is a big tropical "working" city. In the old town, facing the old waterfront, there is a museum that for a few dollars can present in a small space a lot of information and visual reminders of cultures in the Amazon basin whose artifacts are not especially durable. I had a great time on a self directed tour (the one employee started a tour but had to manage the front desk) and thoroughly enjoyed what I saw. I travel guide who told me he grew up in the basin picked up a six foot blowgun and explained that this was what he was trained with as a child! A great stop in a city with few "normal" tourist activities within itself
