Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueologico de La Serena) description and photos - Chile: La Serena (Topic)

Archaeological Museum (Museo Arqueologico de La Serena) description and photos - Chile: La Serena. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Museo Arqueologico de La Serena.

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Archaeological Museum of La Serena, located in the city center. It was opened on April 3, 1943. In 1948, the museum was transferred under the leadership of the Office of Libraries, Archives and Museums. The building that currently houses the Archaeological Museum in La Serena was built during the Coquimbo urban redevelopment project 'Plan Serena' from 1948 to 1952, during the reign of President Gabriel Gonzalez Videla. This project gave impetus to the development of the economy, culture and tourism in the provincial region of Coquimbo.

Currently, the La Serena Archaeological Museum has valuable collections of the Atacama and Coquimbo cultures. In addition, it houses a monumental exhibit of Moai culture in a hall dedicated to Easter Island. and there are also samples of rock paintings from Los Pelambres (Salamanca) from the Choapa Valley.

Also in the Archaeological Museum there is an anthropological and historical library, which has in its archives ancient colonial manuscripts, as well as a documentary archive - newspapers and magazines published in this region from the 17th to the 20th century. The museum has a photo archive with a large series of black-and-white and color images of archaeological and ethnographic research, etc.

The baroque stone portal of the museum building dates back to 1820, it was part of the facade of an old colonial mansion that belonged to Count Jose Pardo de Figueroa Recabarren, the mayor of La Serena in 1791. In 2012, the museum was expanded with the construction of another building designed to increase the area of exhibition halls.

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