The rich cultural heritage of the White City is zealously safeguarded by a number of museums, as well as Arequipa’s cathedral, monasteries and universities. The Cathedral and Museum of Arequipa conserves a monumental 12 meter high organ: the Church and Museum of Santo Domingo safeguards a beautiful image of the Crucified Christ on its main altar; the Santa Maria Catholic University Museum of Archaeology displays more than 1000 objects, some of which date from 12000 years before Christ. Each mansion house, university and church in Arequipa offers a journey into the past, as does the city as a whole.
ANDEAN SANCTUARIES MUSEUM
The museum was founded in 1996 by resolution N° 3966-R-97, the creation of this museum was to conserve the archaeological artifacts of the project Santuarios de Altura del Sur Andino, this project began in 1980 by the archaeologists José Chavéz and Johan Reinhard in the mountains of southern Peru. In March 2020, two archaeologists from the Catholic University of Santa María conducted an analysis of the museum's textiles. In November 2020, the museum was declared a National Cultural Heritage Site by the Ministry of Culture.
The museum contains the Juanita mummy, a mummy that was found in the Ampato volcano after an expedition in 1995 by archeologists José Chavez and Johan Reinhard.
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