The Top Museums to Visit in Chile
In Chile and wondering which museums to visit? Check out our guide, featuring museums from the capital all the way south to Magallanes. From art to poetry and battleships, Chile is full of fascinating exhibitions. Here’s our pick of the best.
Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos - Museum of Memory and Human Rights
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Museo Interactivo Mirador - Mirador Interactive Museum
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Museo Interactivo Mirador – Mirador Interactive Museum
Whether it’s a rainy day or your kids are experiential learners, Chile’s leading interactive museum is a must, with around 430,000 visitors passing through its doors every year. Located in the capital, Interactive Museum Mirador contains exhibits exploring a variety of science-related themes, such as citadels, mechanisms, fluids, mind and brain, light, energy, robotics, perception, electromagnetism, mining and 3D cinema.
Museo Interactivo Mirador, Av. Punta Arenas 6711, La Granja, Región Metropolitana, Chile +56 2 2828 8000
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La Chascona - Chascona House Museum
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Mapuche Museum Ruka Mani
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Nao Victoria Museum
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Museo del Meteorito
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Museo del Meteorito
San Pedro de Atacama is one of the best places to stargaze in Chile, due to the open space and lack of artificial light. Probably the coolest museum is Museo del Meteorito, it has one of the world’s largest displays of meteorites – all of which fell in the Atacama Desert. If you are interested in the planet and the solar system, this is the place for you, offering audio tours in Deustch, English, Español, Francais and Portugués.
Museuo de Meteorito, Tocopilla 101, San Pedro de Atacama, Región de Antofagasta, Chile +56 09 8360 3086
Palacio Sara Braun
Palacio Sara Braun
If you appreciate French neoclassical architecture and design, then be sure to check out Palacio Sara Braun in Punta Arenas. Braun was of Baltic German ethnicity, but moved to Chile with her parents in 1873 in response to a Chilean initiative to increase European immigration. She later married a wealthy Portuguese business man, José Nogueiram, who left Braun with a fortune, part of which funded the construction of this house. For the history buff and the artist alike, a trip to Palacio Sara Braun will be exciting and whimsical.
Hernando de Magallanes 949, Punta Arenas, Región de Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena, Chile +56 61 224 2049
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