MUSEUM

1989.

seismic movements of 1986 and 1989

After the seismic movements of 1986 and 1989, the National Institute of Culture delegated the architect Alcides Enríquez Peláez, to carry out works of structural consolidation and integral intervention of the roofs of the colonial mansion, adapting the building for museum use, where works of consolidation were included in the stone and brick arches , the quincha wall of the second level that overlooks the Heladeros street was renewed, as well as a large part of the woodwork. From this restoration the museum continues to function in this place

1877.

S. XIX y XX

For its architectural features and location, the building was a reference for travelers, scientists and explorers who passed through Cusco between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In the book by Ephraim G. Squier (1877) "A journey through Inca lands" presents a drawing of the front of the house, as it looked in the second half of the 19th century. Consecutively, in the earthquake of 1950, the building suffered serious damage until the facade collapsed.

Siglo XVI

The construction dates from the sixteenth century, corresponding to the civil buildings of minor palaces or mansions of the colonial era. It was built on Inkas platforms that formed the square of Kusipata; Bernabé Cobo maintains that during the government of the Inka Huayna Qhapaq, the fourth huaca of the eighth ceque was established in this place towards the Chinchaysuyo.