A museum built on the vegetable garden of Gabriela Mistral's old house
Water spring
Water spring in the forecourt of the Museum, representing the Elqui River and its image in the poetry of Gabriela Mistral.
Stone boulders
The architecture using stone boulders represents the Elqui Valley’s traditional stone walls.
Main entrance
The main entrance to the Gabriela Mistral Museum at Calle Gabriela Mistral 759, Vicuña. This cultural and heritage center was inaugurated on 13 November 1971.
Permanent exhibition
The main room of the Gabriela Mistral Museum’s permanent exhibition.
Atkinson Room
Testimonies of the last two decades of Gabriela Mistral’s life are displayed in the Atkinson Room.
The Gabriela Mistral Museum’s collection
The Gabriela Mistral Museum’s collection comprises objects that belonged to Chilean poet and intellectual Gabriela Mistral. They include books, ornaments, furniture and other household items such as the mate cup shown in this picture.
Recreation of Gabriela Mistral´s house
An inside view of the recreation of the house where Gabriela Mistral was born, built on its original site and the main reason for the choice of the Museum’s location.
Recreation of Gabriela Mistral´s house
The inside of the recreation of the house where Gabriela Mistral was born, built according to plans provided by her older sister, Emelina Molina.
Visual arts room
The side entrance to the Gabriela Mistral Museum. It connects the room where the permanent exhibition is housed with the visual arts room used for temporary exhibitions of the work of prestigious local, national and international artists.
The Milky Way
The two-dimensional work "The Milky Way" by the designer and visual artist Francesco Di Girólamo in the Museum forecourt reflects the principal stages of Gabriela Mistral's life journey around the world, drawing a parallel with the astronomical sky and the relief of the Elqui Valley.
Park of the Gabriela Mistral Museum
The park recalls the vegetable gardens of the Elqui Valley at the beginning of the twentieth century.
Park of the Gabriela Mistral Museum in Vicuña
The park offers visitors a place for quietness, reading and contemplation.
Vegetable garden
Remembering vegetable garden of the Gabriela Mistral's old house.
Built on the vegetable garden of the Nobel poet’s old house, the Gabriela Mistral Museum includes personal objects and books that belonged to her as well as a park that alludes to the land’s original use as a vegetable garden.
Walking through the park, visitors find a diagonal line representing the length of Chile while the Elqui Valley is symbolized with a zigzag groove, involving Gabriela Mistral herself.
This line connects the Museum and the house where Mistral was born as well as other spaces that are open to the public.
