[1][2] Made out of thatch, mud and wood from Nicaragua, it consists of a façade, a hallway and a main courtyard that distributes the space.

[4] It's located in the city's plaza, where a church also stood until it was destroyed by an earthquake, with its bell being moved to Argentina in 1950 at the request of then president Juan Perón.

[5] The building belonged to Fermín Francisco de Carvajal-Vargas until José de San Martín occupied it during the Peruvian War of Independence, San Martín first declared the independence of the country from the building's balcony, where it also served as his provisional headquarters before his march into Lima.

[6] By Supreme Resolution of the Ministry of Development on June 29, 1921, the Government of Augusto B. Leguía considered its acquisition of public utility for the celebration of the Centennial of the Independence of Peru.

[7] The plans to convert the house to a museum were carried out by the National Commission for the Sesquicentennial of the Independence of Peru, who put architect Emilio Harth Terré [es] in charge of the building's remodelling.