The Exhibition Palace, the building that houses the Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI, is one of the finest examples of the eclectic architecture of Lima. Conceived and built to host the first major public exhibition in our country, the "Great Exhibition of Arts, Sciences and Industry", held on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of independence, easily adapts to the museum functions as It was expressly built for exhibition purposes. It was built between 1870 and 1871 during the government of Jose Balta. It is a precursor building in Latin America, it is one of the earliest a