The collection of the German artist Carlos Dreyer, who lived in Puno for decades in the early 20th century and amassed an unusually fine private holding of pre-Hispanic ceramics, textiles, and metalwork from across the southern Andes. After his death the collection was donated to the city.
The museum is small — three or four rooms in a 17th-century house on the corner of Conde de Lemos and Jirón Deustua — but the quality of the pieces is high. Look for the bound and incised funerary bundles, the painted Inca keros (drinking cups), and a striking collection of Sicán and Tiwanaku metalwork. Allow an hour. Modest entry fee; combine with a visit to the cathedral half a block away.