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An art museum established in 1981, Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino is a fun and educational place to spend the day. Here, visitors will find exhibits of pre-Columbian artifacts and artworks from South and Central America, which the museum is dedicated to studying, preserving, and presenting to the public. The museum came to be when Chilean antiquities collector and architect, Sergio Larrain Garcia-Moreno, acquired land to preserve his extensive private collection. Visitors can find the museum in Chile’s capital, Santiago, in the Palacio de la Real Aduana. The collection spans over 10,000 years and some of the pieces that shouldn’t be missed include masks and copper figures from the Central Andes, pottery from the Valdivia people, and more modern pieces from the San Pedro culture.
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Bandera 361, Santiago, Región Metropolitana, Chile, Phone: +5-62-29-28-15-00
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