There are at San Marcos University archives from 1852 which show that acoustics was taught in Peru as part of the introductory courses for admission to higher university studies. In 1868, the study of acoustics was incorporated in the Medicine and Mathematics faculties; in the 1890’s it was taught as part of the Architecture and Engineering subjects, and in 1910 Acoustics was taught as a regular course at UNI in the Faculty of Engineering.

Unfortunately, it is not well documented how acoustics was eliminated or incorporated again into the curriculum in the different study programs, but it is known that around 1943 “Thermal, light and acoustic comfort” was taught as a subject in the Architecture course at UNI. In 1965 the scientific society “Grupo de Acústica de Latino América” (GALA) was created in Argentina, which brought together professionals, researchers and people related to acoustics from all over Latin America, and only in 1968 three people from Peru joined, and one of them became Vice-president of this scientific society.

One of the last activities of the Latin American Acoustics Group was a specialization course in acoustics sponsored by UNESCO, held in March 1982 in the city of Cordoba, Argentina, in which two professionals from Lima participated. The last clue that was found to write the history of acoustics in Peru is from the end of 1988, year in which the UNI discarded a project presented in 1976, for the construction of an Acoustics Laboratory.

In 2001, the first acoustics exhibition in Peru was held in Lima and from this activity in subsequent years, different academic and commercial acoustics activities were organized until 2018. After many isolated efforts generating and producing commercial, academic and scientific activities focused on acoustics, a group of people decided to unify efforts and initiatives, so that in Peru there is a scientific association that disseminates the acoustic discipline in the country.

The Acoustical and Vibroacoustical Institute of Peru (INPAVAC) was created at the end of 2019, with a democratic, egalitarian and participatory concept, which brings together and congregates people and professionals from different disciplines that are directly linked to acoustics or transversely with acoustics as one of its axes. In February 2020 he organized for the first time in Peru “The Week of Sound”, with the support of UNESCO and other organizations. Unfortunately all the activities that had been scheduled for the rest of the year could not take place, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.