Museo de la DIRCOTE | |
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| Location | 400 Spain Ave. |
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| Owner | National Police of Peru |
DIRCOTE Museum (Spanish: Museo de la DIRCOTE) is a museum located on the premises of the National Directorate against Terrorism (DIRCOTE) on Spain Avenue in the historic centre of Lima, managed by the National Police of Peru and which exhibits objects seized from the Shining Path and Túpac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) terrorist groups during the internal armed conflict that devastated Peru during the 1980s and 1990s.12
Overview
The museum, which consists of two rooms, is not open to the public and is accessible by appointment only to members of the police, journalists and educational centres.123 It was born from the institutional exhibition of objects seized during police operations and that were shown on the anniversaries of the capture of the Shining Path leader Abimael Guzmán on September 12, 1992, during Operation Victoria by members of the GEIN.456
The collection of the museum, also known as the DIRCOTE's "trophy room", displays around 1,200 objects such as posters, paintings, documentation, photographs, books, videos, weapons, as well as gifts and personal objects of Guzmán and of Víctor Polay Campos of the MRTA, among others.157
References
References
- "Para NO olvidar: Museo de la DIRCOTE expone objetos de Sendero Luminoso". La Mula. 2012-09-12.
- "Sendero Luminoso tiene un museo en Lima". El Mundo. 2009-11-29.
- "Museo de la DIRCOTE exhibe unos 1,200 objetos de Sendero Luminoso y del MRTA". Perú.com. 2012-09-12.
- "Museo del terror". La República. 2004-09-18.
- Montalvo, Miguel (2009-09-12). "Captura de Abimael Guzmán marcó un hito en la historia del Perú". Andina.
- "Sendero Luminoso: exhibición de Dircote muestra objetos incautados a terroristas". América Noticias. 2017-09-08.
- "Recorra el museo de la Dircote". ATV. 2017-09-08. Archived from the original on 2020-06-27.