Regional History Museum Casa Garcilaso - one of the most visited museums in the city of Cusco. The museum is located in a building in which he was born and lived until 20 years old Peruvian historian and writer Inca Garcilaso de la Vega (1539-1616 AD), author of the book «Los Comentarios Reales de los Incas», in Russian translation known as the "History of the state Incas. "

The basis of the museum was based on the collection donated by the family Concha Iberico in 1946 the Colonial Museum. At first, the museum was located on Calle San Agustin (now the Hotel Libertador). Given the importance of the collections, the National Institute of Culture in 1967, bought the mansion Casa del Inca Garcilaso de la Vega for the historical museum.

The style matches the style of the museum building small palaces or mansions XVI - XVII centuries. It has a fully fenced courtyard with arcades on three wings. His columns are carved medallions depicting the characters of antiquity. The staircase leading to the second floor and the roof, located in the western corner of the courtyard. The walls are decorated with frescoes of the XVI century in black and white. Porch decorated with floral motifs and chetyrёhlistnikami.

The museum houses a collection of artifacts from the ancient times to the present day. Visitors are invited to assess the fine collection of cultural objects of the Incas, a collection of colonial paintings, it is possible to look at the first and second floor of the museum, a collection of paintings of the school of Cuzco, sculpture of different ages, coin collection, ethnographic collection, which includes musical instruments, sample processing of textiles and articles metal, etc. The museum also hosts exhibitions of contemporary art.