Amano Museo
I went to Lima Peru to visit my sister for a quick visit over Labor Day weekend. She moved back down there with my brother-in-law, niece and nephew early in 2018.
Within walking distance from her house is this lovely museum, Amano, Pre-Columbian Textile Museum.
Amano was a Japanese business man who spent a lot time in Peru. He was very passionate about Peruvian pottery, but also ended up pursuing a passion on textiles. He made a few large purchases that are the basis for the museum.
The museum recently underwent a massive renovation (no photos allowed unfortunately). The museum provides a macro overview of the world and Peru's place in developing textile techniques and approach. From there, it digs deeper into the communities and innovations within Peru. The museum is arranged chronologically. It follows the development of textiles through the different cultures and people and what each group contributed.
My sister has a few favorite pieces. There is an entire poncho made of feathers. They had captured birds and fed them special diets to change the color of the feathers. They then picked up the feathers as the birds molted.
She also loves this one -- it is hard to imagine how difficult it was to get it this purely white. So intricate.
In one of the areas they had a number of Chancay textiles. I loved the color and intricate stitching.
Some of the textiles had such high thread counts and vibrant colors. One of the civilizations could make over 250 distinct colors.
Such a beautiful museum. The renovation was very well done. The museum is highly edited and there is enough descriptions in English with even more in Spanish.
Also a pretty wonderful gift shop. The alpaca textiles are beautiful.
Times visited: 1
Time in museum; 1 hr
Overall: A-
Within walking distance from her house is this lovely museum, Amano, Pre-Columbian Textile Museum.
Amano was a Japanese business man who spent a lot time in Peru. He was very passionate about Peruvian pottery, but also ended up pursuing a passion on textiles. He made a few large purchases that are the basis for the museum.
The museum recently underwent a massive renovation (no photos allowed unfortunately). The museum provides a macro overview of the world and Peru's place in developing textile techniques and approach. From there, it digs deeper into the communities and innovations within Peru. The museum is arranged chronologically. It follows the development of textiles through the different cultures and people and what each group contributed.
My sister has a few favorite pieces. There is an entire poncho made of feathers. They had captured birds and fed them special diets to change the color of the feathers. They then picked up the feathers as the birds molted.
She also loves this one -- it is hard to imagine how difficult it was to get it this purely white. So intricate.
In one of the areas they had a number of Chancay textiles. I loved the color and intricate stitching.
Some of the textiles had such high thread counts and vibrant colors. One of the civilizations could make over 250 distinct colors.
Such a beautiful museum. The renovation was very well done. The museum is highly edited and there is enough descriptions in English with even more in Spanish.
Also a pretty wonderful gift shop. The alpaca textiles are beautiful.
Times visited: 1
Time in museum; 1 hr
Overall: A-
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