Hans Heinrich Brüning

Hans Heinrich (Enrique) Brüning (Aug. 20, 1848, Hoffeld - July 2, 1928, Bordesholm) was a German-born Peruvian ethnologist and collector of antiquities.

Following that meeting, he spent many years travelling in Peru taking photographs of ancient buildings and the local inhabitants.

In 1902, Brüning joined a risky expedition to find the shortest route between the Marañon basin and the Pacific coast.

The Moches resisted his efforts to study them, but Brüning was patient and eventually gained their confidence by participating in their local rituals.

They were put on display in 1924 and he was named the museum's first director (with a salary of four Soles per month), but his tenure was short because he was in poor health, which prompted him to return to Germany for good in 1925.