Peru’s Deputy Minister of Cultural Heritage and Cultural Industries Ana Castillo opened an exhibition under the U.S. funded-program “Ambassadors Fund” at on-site museum Arturo Jiménez Borja-Puruchuco in Lima, Peru.
She recalled the launch, in 2003, of the “Project, registry and preservation of recovered collections under research projects between 1950 and 1960,” which was named one of 2014's winners of the U.S. Ambassadors Fund” competition. Its main goal was to help developing countries preserve their cultural heritage.
Castillo explained 500 cultural goods were registered first; the preservation and restoration of 289 artifacts took place after that, including textiles, funeral bundles, ceramics, organic and metal pieces from important research projects in Lima.
“Equipment, furniture and tools were set up to enable such preservation under the best possible conditions,” the government official said during the opening ceremony.
The event was attended by U.S. Ambassador to Peru Brian Nichols and the Museum’s Director Clide Maria Valladolid Huaman.
The museum has upgraded its facilities and brought the community closer to the collections thanks to the U.S. Embassy’s support. “Culture is for citizens,” she added.
Accordingly, this financing got the project underway, fostering systematic work for the protection and conservation of cultural goods guarded by the museum, which were recovered though archaeological research between 1950 and 1960.
The Arturo Jimenez Borja-Puruchuco on-site museum is located in Ate district.
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Published: 1/11/2017