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Museum · Ica, Ica
Museo Regional de Ica Adolfo Bermúdez Jenkins
The regional museum of Ica, with textiles and trepanned skulls from the Paracas culture, polychrome Nazca pottery, mummies and a model of the Nazca Lines, administered by the Ministry of Culture.
Illustrative images. The pictures in this guide are illustrations based on the real place, not photographs, and may differ from it.
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About Museo Regional de Ica Adolfo Bermúdez Jenkins
The Museo Regional de Ica Adolfo Bermúdez Jenkins, administered by the Ministry of Culture, houses the archaeological collection of the department of Ica, one of Peru's regions with the most coastal culture sites. It is named after a local scholar who helped build the collection.
The best-known rooms are those of the Paracas culture, with fragments of embroidered mantles, mummified bodies and elongated, trepanned skulls that show surgeries performed on the skull more than 2,000 years ago, often with signs of healing. The Nazca culture appears in polychrome pottery, with figures of animals, plants and mythical beings in various colors, and in cotton and wool textiles.
The museum also has pieces from the Wari, Ica-Chincha and Inca cultures, metal objects and a room about the colonial and republican periods. In the garden, a model of the Nazca Lines shows the figures to scale, which helps prepare for the overflight.
The visit is relaxed and can be done in just over an hour. The captions are in Spanish. The museum usually closes on some holidays: check the hours before you go.
Before you go
Practical information
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How much time to set aside
About 1 to 1.5 hours.
Best time
In the morning, before the midday heat, and before heading to Nazca, to see the model of the Lines. Check the opening hours before you go.
How to get there
It is on Avenida Ayabaca, in the San Isidro neighborhood, about 1.5 km from the Plaza de Armas of Ica, 10 minutes by taxi or mototaxi.
Tip
Visit the museum before Nazca and Paracas: the trepanned skulls and textiles explain what you'll later see at the sites. Ask for a guide at the entrance, because the captions are only in Spanish.
Get your questions answered
Frequently asked questions about Museo Regional de Ica Adolfo Bermúdez Jenkins
What is a trepanned skull?
It is a skull with a hole made in surgery over 2,000 years ago by the Paracas culture. Many show signs of healing, which indicates the patient survived.
Does the museum have labels in English?
The captions are in Spanish. Guides can be hired at the entrance.
Why visit before Nazca?
The museum has a model of the Nazca Lines in the garden and Nazca culture pottery, which help to understand the figures before the overflight.