Welcome to the Museum of Alto Amazonas
30 minutes from the city of Yurimaguas in Munichis,
is the first museum in the province of Alto Amazonas. Its purpose is to
contribute to the education and culture of the students and the general public
and to promote tourism. The museum will have 5 themes: Xiloteca, archaeological
sites, natural dyes, Insectarium and Natural Medicine.
We also have a gazebo along the river Paranapura
and restaurant that offers regional food and beverage visitors (only on
Sundays).
This museum is an
initiative of Salomon Rivas, who can guide you in the collection. To visit the
museum, you can contact Salomón at the hotel Yacuruna in Yurimaguas or email.
Salomonyacuruna@hotmail.com
Mobile Salomón Rivas 943067598
Hotel Yacuruna fix line 065-796743
entrance
Individual cost 15 soles (with guide included)
Groups cost 10 soles per person (with guide
included)
Hours 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., from Monday till
Saturday.
(make first an appointment Salomón)
How to Go:
30 minutes with mototaxi Yurimaguas.
2 hours with occasional boats.
On foot, 3 hours on a green path beside the river.
It's possible to swim in the river, and to stay overnight in the village.
It's possible to swim in the river, and to stay overnight in the village.
Direction Museum of Alto Amazonas in Munichis
Paseo Loreto Cda. 3 (a 2 1/2 Cdas. of the square,
right side)
The museum's collection
The wood collection has more than 100 samples of
wood species of the Amazon. It is possible to have some species in hand and to
feel textures, weight and smell. The aim of the collection is to show the
diversity of species present in the Amazon, and to promote the rational use of
the forest resource, encouraging young people in the Amazon to preserve these
species through reforestation and to guarantee the perpetuity forest for future
generations.
Xylotheque
Natural colors
The natural dyes of plant origin, used for clothes
and body. Decorations printed with clay molds were used during rituals.
Archaeological remains
The ceramic samples (Spinning axes, faces, busts,
ceramic stamps, fragments of bottles and jars) and lithic materials
(stone hatchas) we present in this museum, are the testimony of man
and his environment, of populations from long before our times.
A wooden replica of a coin
made of ceramic found in the region. The two sides explain the worldview of
wildlife in the life of the ancestors. Present are the eagle, the snake, and
the cat.
A collection of hatchets of different sizes.
Insectarium
You can see most
representative species belonging to the order: Lepidoptera, Coleoptera,
Diptera, Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, Orthoptera, and others.
