Patagonia, Friday, May 24, 2013

Regional Museums

Ancud - X Región
The Spirit of Chiloé
A visit to the Regional Museum of Ancud invites visitors to come close to the main testimonies of the identity of Chiloé.

The Spirit of Chiloé

Castro - X Región
Modern Art Museum on Chiloé Island
Located in the municipal park in the City of Castro, the MAM keeps up with the contemporary artistic expression avant-garde movement.

Modern Art Museum on Chiloé Island

El Bolsón - Río Negro
Where There Was Fire, Art Emerged
On one of the Mount Piltriquitrón slopes, a few kilometers from El Bolsón downtown, we visited an outdoor art gallery. A fire in the forest originated this particular resource.

Where There Was Fire, Art Emerged

Esquel - Chubut
Leleque, with the Scent of a Patagonian Museum
A private collection that became public thanks to its creator, a passionate settler from the previous century, for the benefit of the present generations.

Leleque, with the Scent of a Patagonian Museum

Frutillar - X Región
The First Colonists
The German Colonial Museum is a tribute to the German immigratns. The history of Frutillar begins behind these doors.

The First Colonists

Junín de los Andes - Neuquén
Yesterday, a Rural Store; Today, a Museum
In the very heart of town, there is a corner with history which once housed a general store and today pays tribute to Mr. Moisés Roca Jalil.

Yesterday, a Rural Store; Today, a Museum

Osorno / Puyehue - X Región
Auto Museum Moncopulli: Classic Cars
We visited the Moncopulli Car Museum and acquired great knowledge about mid-century classic cars. Find out the history of a family closely related to this type of vehicles.

Auto Museum Moncopulli: Classic Cars

Osorno / Puyehue - X Región
Interactive Experience: Science Museum
A railway station is the venue for a modern science and technological development museum. A fascinating interactive exhibition that summons both grown-ups and children.

Interactive Experience: Science Museum

Osorno / Puyehue - X Región
José G. Posada House of Culture
We visited José Guadalupe Posada House of Culture. As we toured the exhibition halls, we revived the most important moments Osorno had to go through.

José G. Posada House of Culture

Puerto Montt - X Región
Written on Stone
The Monte Verde Stone Museum treasures incredible testimonies of the Pre-Columbian cultures that first dwelled in the continent.

Written on Stone

San Carlos de Bariloche - Río Negro
Francisco P. Moreno Museum
A clear and accurate way of learning about the various cultural and historical processes undergone by Patagonia.

Francisco P. Moreno Museum

San Carlos de Bariloche - Río Negro
The Paleontological Museum
This is one of the most emblematic sites in the City of Bariloche and it shelters countless fossils found in the region.

The Paleontological Museum

San Martín de los Andes - Neuquén
Argentine Licence Plates Museum
In San Martín de los Andes, you can get to know history in a different way - visiting the original Museum of Argentine Licence Plates in Abedules blind alley.

Argentine Licence Plates Museum

San Martín de los Andes - Neuquén
Che in the Mapuche Land
A simple and dynamic museum shows us the very controversial figure of an Argentinian-born revolutionary adopted by Cuba and known as Che Guevara.

Che in the Mapuche Land

San Martín de los Andes - Neuquén
We Visited the First Settlers` Museum
The First Settlers Museum preserves part of the cultural richness of the first communities dwelling the mountain range region.

We Visited the First Settlers` Museum

Temuco - IX Región
At Full Steam
The new Pablo Neruda National Railway Museum rescues an ancient train station and a steam locomotive yard in order to turn them into a significant art and culture space.

At Full Steam

Temuco - IX Región
Protagonists of History
The Araucanía Regional Museum displays a neat collection of the Mapuche legacy and the colonists’ heritage.

Protagonists of History

Trevelin - Chubut
Trevelin’s Regional Museum and its Welsh Past
One of the key buildings in the history of the City of Trevelin shows us the men who founded this District.

Trevelin’s Regional Museum and its Welsh Past

Trevelin - Chubut
Visit to Nant Fach Museum
Lying 22 kilometers away from Trevelín, on Route 259 and framed by Valle Hermoso and Mount Gorsedd, we can found an ideal museum for first-time visitors to the city.

Visit to Nant Fach Museum

Valdivia - X Región
Among Galleons and Cannons
During the XIV and XV centuries, the Spanish Royal Crown ordered the building of forts and castles, silent witnesses of a past which demands an immortal destiny for the city.

Among Galleons and Cannons

Valdivia - X Región
Memories of History
On the banks of the Calle Calle River, it is possible to discover the plural identity forged by the city by visiting the Mauricio van de Maele Historical Anthropological Museum.

Memories of History

Villa El Chocón - Neuquén
All about Dinosaurs at El Chocón’s Museum
This small museum offers excellent information about dinosaur findings in the Neuquén basin and scientifically studies these beings.

All about Dinosaurs at El Chocón’s Museum

Villa La Angostura - Neuquén
Villa La Angostura Historical Regional Museum
The past of Villa La Angostura is protected at the Historical Regional Museum, where documents and several pieces safeguard the presence of the primitive dwellers and the...

Villa La Angostura Historical Regional Museum

Regionas Museums

Visiting the Patagonian museums is a way of having a close link with the life, the customs and the natural environment of its communities.
Paleontology, archeology and history are some of the disciplines developed in these sections dedicated to witnessing the culture of the region.