Avenida Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 651, Santiago, Chile | Tel: +56223605272 | E-mail: oirs@dibam.cl | © Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural
This Museum, devoted to the way of life, culture and beliefs of Chile’s largest indigenous people, is set in the heart of their traditional homeland.
This Museum, in the city of Copiapó, traces 12,000 years of the occupation and human development of this part of northern Chile.
The collection comprises around 60,000 objects and four mummies from northern Chile’s indigenous Chinchorro people.
This small museum celebrates the life and work of the man who, as City Governor, changed the face of Santiago in the mid-nineteenth century.