The Museum of Popular Art of Cusco
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The Museum of Popular Art of Cusco belongs to the American Institute of Art, the city's ancient and traditional cultural organization, which founded the Cusco Jubilee Week and rescued the Santurantikuy fair from disappearance.
It has some of the best pieces of Cusco folk art since the 1940s, most of them systematically acquired at the Santurantikuy Christmas fair. In the collection there are pieces by the outstanding masters: Hilario Mendívil and family, Edilberto Mérida, Nemesio Villasante, Santiago Rojas, Luis Acosta, Jesús Latorre, Antonio Olave, among others.