Lima has plenty museums, landmarks, ancient monuments, archeological sites and ruins, pre-Inca cities, historical and old colonial buildings. There are so many things to see and explore, you will need a couple of months to do this. Other museum collections contain Peruvian stamps and electricity, bullfighting, vintage cars, taxidermy, torture, the culture of Peru and the myriad of past Andean civilisations, such as the Chavins, the Moches and the Incas.

A few of the many churches, temples and landmarks in Lima:
• Iglesia de La Merced
• La Iglesia de San Francisco
• Cerro San Cristobal
• Iglesia de La Merced
• La Iglesia de San Francisco also a museum
• Palacio Arzobispal (Archbishop's Palace)
• Palacio de Gobierno (Government Palace / Pizarro's house)
• Palacio de Justicia (Palace of Justice)
• Palacio Municipal (City Hall)
• Puente de los Suspiros (Bridge of Sighs)
• Huaca Pullana

Must visit museums:
• Asociacion Museo del Automóvil (Automobile Museum)
• Museo Enrico Poli Bianchi
• Convento de los Descalzos
• Museo Arqueologico Rafael Larco Herrera
• Museo de la Electricidad
• Museo de la Nacion (Museum of the Nation)
• Museo de los Descalzos (Museum of the Shoeless Ones)
• Museo de Oro del Peru y Armas del Mundo (the Arms Museum is reputed to be the world's biggest)
• Museo del Banco Central (Central Bank Museum)
• Museo del Congreso y Antiguo Tribunal de la Inquisición
• Museo Javier Prado
• Museo Nacional de Antropologia, Arqueologia e Historia (with some fascinating scale models of prominent archaeological sites)
• Museo Nacional de la Cultura Peruana (National Museum of Peruvian Culture)
• Museo Naval (Navy Museum)
• Pedro de Osma Museum
• Museo Postal y Filatelico (Postal and Philatelic Museum)

Lima museums

Lima churches, cathedrals, convents, sights & other landmarks