Regional Museum of Antofagasta (Museo Regional de Antofagasta) description and photos - Chile: Antofagasta (Topic)

Regional Museum of Antofagasta (Museo Regional de Antofagasta) description and photos - Chile: Antofagasta. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The name in English is Museo Regional de Antofagasta.

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The Regional Museum of Antofagasta is one of twenty-six museums run by the Chilean Office of Libraries, Archives and Museums.

The Antofagasta Museum is currently housed in two buildings designated as Historical Monuments. Its permanent exhibition is located in the former customs building, which was built in 1867. In 1972, it was declared a National Historic Landmark. The library, video library, laboratory and administrative offices of the Local History Museum are located in the former building of the Maritime Administration, built in 1910. In 1978, it was also included in the list of National Historic Monuments of Chile.

The Antofagasta Museum is non-profit. Its work aims to preserve and spread the culture of prehistoric coastal settlements and to preserve the heritage of Antofagasta. This institution was founded as a history museum in 1964 under the direction of the former Northern University. After twenty years of painstaking and fruitful work at this university, the priceless collections of the museum were transferred to the department of libraries, archives and museums in Chile. Thus, in 1984 it became the Regional Museum of Antofagasta.

In 2008, thanks to the reconstruction of the museum space, 12 new permanent historical, archaeological, geological and public exhibitions, an auditorium, an assembly hall for temporary and mobile exhibitions in the field of cultural communication, for scientific and creative purposes. Qualified specialists conduct excursions, seminars, lectures on anthropology, archeology and history. You can also use the library funds to expand knowledge of the historical heritage of the region.

Visiting the two-story building of the Regional Museum, you will learn a lot of information on pre-Columbian history, the history of the Spanish conquest and the modern heritage of Antofagasta, the actual mining capital of the world.

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