Monastery-Museum of Colonial Art St. Theresa

San José and Santa Teresa Monastery of the Barefoot Carmelite Sisters, in Arequipa - Perú was founded in 1710 and since then it has been hosting a community of contemplative nuns dedicated to pray for the cares of the world. During its more than 300 years of existence, the Monastery has been treasuring paintings, sculptures, furniture, goldsmith, decorative art objects, canvas, mural paintings and objects of daily use from different backgrounds, times and artistic styles.

On June 16th 2005, the Nuns ’Community opened to the world part of their Monastery as a Virreinal Art Museum, exhibiting hundreds of objects from their valuable collection in 13 exhibition spaces in the old Cloister of the Offices.

Undoubtedly the Museum offers the richest and best exposed display of artistic objects from the 16th to the 19th centuries, in Peru.