AMANO - Museo Textil Precolombino

The Amano Textile Museum is internationally renowned for its great collection of archaeological material from pre-Columbian Peruvian cultures and the valuable contribution of Mr. Yoshitaro Amano to the protection of the world’s textile heritage. The museum was born after Mr. Amano, a successful Japanese businessman, decided to settle in Peru.

In his travels throughout Peru, Mr. Amano came across objects that had been abandoned by tomb raiders. As a cultured man, he understood the importance of such items and began to devote much of his time to the recovery and conservation of objects scattered...