The collection includes ceramics, textiles, sculptures, and paintings surveying almost 3,000 years of history ranging from the pre-Columbian to Contemporary time periods.

Past exhibitions have included Gordon Matta Clark, Milagros de la Torre, Martin Creed, Gerhard Richter, Wolfgang Tilmans, Martin Chambi, Annie and Josef Albers, Francis Alÿs, Fernando Bryce, Marcel Odenbach, Jorge Eduardo Eielson, among others.

[4] The MALI is housed in the 1872 World's Fair Exhibition Palace, located in the Exposition Park, at the entrance of Lima's historic center.

Besides the Exhibition Palace, the park eventually came to house numerous structures, including the Moorish and Byzantine pavilions (built in 1921 to commemorate Peru's centennial of independence).

[6] ARCHI is a platform dedicated to document and share a range of art expressions, material culture and architecture of Peru, in the most complete and representative way, contributing to its preservation and accessibility.