The  Museum of  Contemporary Art of the Cusco Town Hall, the only state institution in Peru specialized in the field of modern plastic arts, was founded  in 1995 thanks to the support of  the Mayor of the city and the donation of 100 works of local artists by the private collector Dr. Luis Rivera Dávalos. In the present it owns more than 280 works by distinguished local, Peruvian and forein artists. The earliest item is the oil painting by Remigia Mendoza "Vilcanota River" (1897).

The  Museum counts with two exhibition halls at the Municipal Palace, one at San Bernardo chapel, as well as areas for handicraft exhibitions  in the main patio of the Municipal Palace. 

Apart from the permanent exhibition of the works of its collection, the Museum recieves annualy more than 50 temporary , individual and joint, exhibitions of well-known national and foreign artists, such as: Salon of the National and International Art events, Latin American encounters of Visual Artists and others.

Art in Cusco is represented not only by ancient Inca and Colonial heritage, it lives its modern life in the works of contemporary artists.