The Museo del Congreso y la Inquisición is a located in the old the Tribunal of the Holy Office of the Inquisition in Lima, which explains the ecclesiastical court and jurisdiction over religious offenses.

The history and development of the Peruvian Congress, beginning in 1822 and ending with today's tasks will bee viewed across the several rooms: the Hearing Room, the Chamber of Secrets, the Room of Processes, the Room of the Inquisition, the Room of the "auto de fe", the Room of the "Room of the Archaeological Remains", the Room of the Secret Cells, the Room of Restrainments, the Room of the Sentences, the Chamber of Tortures, the The "Patio'", the Room of National Symbols, and finnaly the Room of Congress History.