[1] The museum is housed in the Peruvian pavilion (Pabellón de Perú), a building of great beauty that was built in the Maria Luisa Park for the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929.

In addition to being home to the offices of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas en Sevilla (CSIC), the building also house the Peruvian Consulate.

These buildings include the Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes, Pizarro´s Tomb in the Cathedral of Lima, and the Archbishop's Palace.

The CSIC had undertaken to provide a 3,000 square metres (32,000 sq ft) exhibition space open to the public dedicated to the extension of science in Andalusia.

[4] It is between the Seville Public Library, inaugurated in 1999 by the Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo, and the Teatro Lope de Vega Sevilla, a small baroque-style theatre that was also built for the exhibition.