THE STORY IS ALIVE

CHINCHA MUSEUM

«Museums are places where time is transformed into space».

Orhan Pamuk

October 10, 1965 was a historic day for the province of Chincha because the doors of the Regional Museum were opened for the first time, history lovers and visitors interested in learning more about the culture of the town of Chincha, you can appreciate it in this museum which is located in the first block of Santo Domingo street.

The museum has a conference room where talks and presentations are held on related topics, on the second floor there is an exhibition room with showcases containing those vestiges left by the chinchas; archaeological remains of the Inca era, and pieces made of ceramics, textiles, wood and lithic cultures related to the ancient inhabitants of this city;

It also has a room for free art exhibitions where painters can exhibit their works of art.

This corner of living history is open to the public in general, has an elevator to facilitate the movement of people with disabilities, pregnant women and older adults to the areas where the archaeological pieces are located. Some paintings by Chichanos artists begin the tour of the museum. 

Before entering the exhibition hall you will find a brief written about what we will find inside and the importance they have for the city of Chincha.

A museum speaks for itself about the history of a town, so it should be considered essential for every large and small Chinchano villager to visit it at least once, so also to encourage other people to know and learn a little more land than He was born.

THE PLASTIC IN THE WORLD 

The plastic is the material more used in la world, nobody can deny tha the plastic has flooded our world.

"Either we divorce plastic, or we forget the planet." This is how blunt the United Nations Organization (UNU) is facing the current plastic pollution in the world.

According the  ONU the total of the plastic produce since 1950 is of 8.300 millon of tons cubic.

Only Only 9% of this amount has been recycled; 91% have ended up in water sources or in landfills.

Meanwhile, it is estimated that ocean plastic kills millions of marine animals every year. It is known that almost 700 species, including those in danger of extinction, have been affected. Some suffer visible damage: strangled by abandoned fishing nets or rings of six discarded packages. 

The mountains of waste do not stop accumulating, especially in Asian countries with high growth rates, such as Indonesia. For millennia, people used biodegradable products for packaging, such as banana leaves. Until the plastic appeared. And with him, garbage. There are hardly any regulatory laws in this regard, and not to mention private companies that worry about recycling garbage. Often, all plastic ends up in rivers or simply buried.

Increase awareness, change behavior, exert pressure Substantial changes will only be achieved if constant and public pressure is exerted. Decades ago, the use of DDT, a highly toxic pesticide, was banned, only after people realized the danger it represented and began demanding the ban. Similarly, many civil society activists around the world are pressing governments to do something against global pollution. Of all the environmental problems, pollution by plastic waste is perhaps the most notorious: bottles, bags and all other plastic objects are visible and tangible in all parts of the world. This omnipresence of plastic waste is precisely one of the main reasons why the problem is now in the focus of interest. Now came the opportunity to take advantage of that interest. But that depends on us, on each one of us.