Tours and Tickets to Experience Larco Museum (Museo Larco)

There are plenty of ways to experience the Larco Museum (Museo Larco). Looking at ratings and reviews previously given by customers, these are the best tours available right now:

• Skip the Line: Larco Museum Admission Ticket

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• Experience Lima: Gastronomic Evening at Larco Museum

Tickets for the Larco Museum in Lima cost 50 soles for adults, 35 soles for seniors over 60, 25 soles for students and young people aged 9–17, and 1 sol for kids aged 3–8. Infants aged 2 and under enter for free. Ticket prices are discounted by around 5 soles when you buy them online.

At the Larco Museum, the must-see exhibits include stone sculptures depicting deities from Pacopampa, which date back millennia; pottery decorated with scenes from the Inca underworld; the Paracas Mantle, a textile shroud that showcases exceptional weaving skills; and Nasca drums used by shamans after consuming hallucinogenic plants.

Yes, you can take guided tours of the Larco Museum. The 1-hour guided visits are a great way to navigate the exhibits, which span 5,000 years of Peruvian history. Tours cost 15 soles for visitors aged 8 and over, in addition to the admission ticket cost.

Yes, there’s a restaurant at the Larco Museum—and it’s not your average museum café. Set among the museum gardens, it's an acclaimed eatery serving traditional Peruvian cuisine. Come for lunch or dinner to try signature dishes such as lomo saltado (beef tenderloin strips fried with vegetables).

The Larco Museum is in the Pueblo Libre district of Lima, around a 20-minute drive from the UNESCO–listed Historic Center of Lima. It's also around 15 minutes by car from the coastal district of Miraflores, where you can find some of the capital's best restaurants and bars, complete with views of the Pacific Ocean.