02/26 - Cusquenian Museums

Small cacao tree replica in the loft at Choco Museo.

We had planned to go to a bunch of museums around Cusco on this day. That worked out pretty well for us. Since Jim was still recovering from being sick, it was good that we had such a mellow day of walking around Cusco and visiting museums. We took some photos, but they are lost. A lot of museums didn't allow photography, anyway.

These are the places we visited:

• Museo Histórico Regional
• Choco Museo
• Museo Municipal de Arte Contemporáneo
• Museo de Arte Popular (folk art)
• Museo de Sitio de Qoricancha

My "Chanel" sunglasses fell off my head, when I was leaning backward over a balcony to get a photo at the Contemporary Art Museum. They were broken for the rest of the trip. The Qoricancha museum has mummies and lots of skulls. Incas practiced trepanning surgery, and artificial cranium deformation.

We got a room, for our last 2 nights in Cusco; this time at Yanantin Guest House, which was, by far the best place we stayed during our entire trip.

Much of the artwork we saw depicted the execution of Túpac Amaru II.
(And, yes, Tupac Amaru Shakur was named for him).