ANDINA. The Peruvian embassy to the United States, in association with the National Geographic Society (NatGeo), will celebrate in Washington DC the 100th anniversary of the scientific discovery of Machu Picchu with screenings, photo exhibitions, conferences and artistic shows.
The program will start on June 27 with the opening of the photographic exhibit “Machu Picchu: A Lost City Uncovered” that features pictures taken by the Hiram Bingham during his expeditions to Cusco between 1911 and 1915.
The free-admission event will run until September 11 at the NatGeo museum.
In addition, the conferences “Cradle of Gold: Hiram Bingham and the Revelation of Machu Picchu” and “Weaving Space and Time: The Inca Ceremonial Calendar” by speakers Christopher Heaney and Tom Zuidema, respectively, will take place at the museum.
Meanwhile, the US Library of Congress will host an exhibition of the main publications of Machu Picchu, starting June 29, as well as two lectures on the historical context of the Incas by Anita Cook, and on the Inca citadel by Margaret MacLean.
Moreover, for four consecutive weeks, NatGeo’s Grosvenor Auditorium will screen documentaries and movies from and about Peru where Peruvian filmmakers Sonia Goldenberg and Ernesto Cabellos will introduce their documentaries “Sax Country,” and “Cooking up Dreams,” respectively.
Furthermore, a Peruvian dance festival that includes dance workshops and demonstrations as well as the screenings of Mitchell Teplitsky’s Soy Andina and Gabriela Yepes’ Danzak films will be held at the auditorium.
Machu Picchu exhibit at the National Geographic Society (NatGeo)
museum in Washington DC. (Photo: ANDINA)
museum in Washington DC. (Photo: ANDINA)
