SANTIAGO:MUSEUMS

Santiago Museum

Using ceramics, letters, costumes, carriages, maps, audiovisual dioramas and large scale models, Santiago's history is reconstructed as from the time it was occupied by the Araucanos. As from 1980 it occupies the "Casa Colorada". It has seven exhibition halls.
Address: Merced 860.
Opening hours: from Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sundays and holidays from 11a.m. to 2 p.m.

National Museum of Fine Arts

Tapestries, sculptures, engravings and drawings make up part of its collection of 3,000 artworks, organized by subjects and by "ages". It is noteworthy for its exhibits of Chilean paintings. Temporary exhibitions are also organized.
Address: Parque Forestal s/n
Opening hours: from Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6.45 p.m.

Museum of Contemporary Art

This offers a cohesive and systematically organized exhibition of paintings, sculptures and engravings by Chilean artists, whose works reflect the country's cultural development. It also possesses an important collection of foreign artworks.
Address: Parque Forestal s/n
Opening hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. through 7 p.m.; Sundays and holidays from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m.

Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art

Among its over 3,000 items on show are ceramics, textiles, paintings and sculptures that show the history and development of the Andean and Central American cultures before the arrival of the Spaniards.
Address: Bandera 361
Opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.