GOVERNMENT PROVIDES FREE ACCESS TO ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES, MUSEUMS, HISTORICAL SITES AND NATURAL PROTECTED AREAS

  • This access is for 55 archaeological sites, museums and historical places managed by the Ministry of Culture, in addition to 22 protected natural areas, under the responsibility of SERNANP.
  • The provision is effective from July 1 through December 31, 2020.

As a measure of reactivation and economic promotion of tourism in the framework of the health emergency by COVID-19, the Executive Power has arranged, through joint work between the Ministry of Culture and the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP), free access to public servants and girls, boys, adolescents and older adults, whether national or foreign, to archaeological sites, museums, historical places and natural areas administered and / or protected by the State that are open to the public.

This access is for 55 archaeological sites, museums and historical places managed by the Ministry of Culture, in addition to 22 protected natural areas, under the responsibility of SERNANP.
The provision is effective from July 1 through December 31, 2020.
As a measure of reactivation and economic promotion of tourism in the framework of the health emergency by COVID-19, the Executive Power has arranged, through joint work between the Ministry of Culture and the National Service of Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP), free access to public servants and girls, boys, adolescents and older adults, whether national or foreign, to archaeological sites, museums, historical places and natural areas administered and / or protected by the State that are open to the public.

This is provided by Legislative Decree 1507, published today in the Official Gazette El Peruano, which also indicates that this access is for 55 archaeological sites, museums and historical places, in addition to 22 protected natural areas.

According to this rule, the provision is effective as of July 1 and will be in effect until December 31, 2020.

These places include the Chavín Archaeological Site, the Nazca

Lines and Geoglyphs, the Chan Chan Archaeological Complex, the Huacas del Sol and Luna Archaeological Complex, the Kuélap Archaeological Monument, the Caral-Supe Archaeological Monument, the Park Machupicchu and the Inca Trail network; as well as the Bruning National Archaeological Museum, the Sicán National Museum, the Julio C. Tello de Paracas Site Museum, the Junín Regional Museum, the Amazon Loreto Museum, the Gold Room of the Vicús Municipal Museum, the Regional Historical Museum Hipólito Unanue, the Pachacamac Archaeological Monument and Site Museum, the Puruchuco Site Museum, among the most visited.

In addition to the Tambopata National Reserve, the Manu National Park, the Bahuaja Sonene National Park, the Pacaya Samiria National Reserve; the SIIPG National Reserve – Islas Ballestas, the Paracas National Reserve, among others.

This measure has been implemented in accordance with the protocols and sanitary guidelines for operation before COVID-19, approved by the Ministry of Health.

Cusco, May 11, 2020