South Florida is has a seriously important world premiere of the Machu Picchu exhibit Boca Raton, It’s Machu Picchu and the Golden Empires of Peru at the Boca Raton Museum of Art in October, first stop in a multi-country world tour presented by World Heritage Exhibitions. Featuring the most impressive Andean gold collection ever to travel the world, this museum experience highlights an impressive selection of 192 artifacts from royal tombs, including  spectacular objects that belonged to noble Andean lords, many never-before-seen out of Peru.  One of the exhibition’s highlights is a fully intact gold attire of a Chimú Emperor that dates to  1300 AD.

The exhibit runs until March 6, 2022. Cityneon presents the exhibition with high power support from  the Government of Peru, the Peruvian Ministry of Culture, and in partnership with Inkaterra  Asociacion. The artifacts in the exhibition are on loan from Museo Larco in Lima, Peru, and  Museo de Sitio Manuel Chávez Ballón in Aguas Calientes, Peru.

Rivaled only by Ancient Egypt in longevity and by the Roman Empire in engineering, Andean  societies dominated a substantial segment of South America for over 3,000 years straight  through the reign of the Incan Empire.

During their visit to the exhibition, guests are taken to the mysterious city in the sky, built and  abandoned within a century. They will continue on a journey through the vast expanse of Andean history, traveling alongside the mythical hero Ai Apaec, and discovering the mysteries  of Andean cosmology.

Due to the current global pandemic, the need for social distancing, and other measures to  prevent the coronavirus spread, the number of visitors allowed to visit Machu Picchu yearly has  dipped to 250,000. This exhibition expands the ability to experience Machu Picchu to the world.  Here, the first-ever virtual reality experience of Machu Picchu will be unveiled, allowing guests  a window into the beauty and flourishing landscape.

The exhibition encompasses  the entire museum, including all galleries on both floors. Exhibition ticket prices start at $19.95.   To-purchase tickets,  visit https://bocamuseum.org/golden