One of Chile’s most endearing features is its assortment of quaint museums harboring odd, miscellaneously mismatched collections. After checking the polished cosmopolitan exhibits at the Museo de Bellas Artes and Museo de Arte Contemporáneo in Santiago, consider the irony of the life-size poster of Walt Whitman in Pablo Neruda’s Valparaíso home, La Sebastiana, now one of the most popular museums in the country. For a more unusual exhibit, stop by the Museo Bomberil Benito Riquelme in Talca for a different sort of art—the museum is an extensive tribute to firefighters, and the artwork on display has been inspired by the valiant efforts of several Chilean firemen. Taking it up a notch is the eccentric and largely eclectic Museo de la Alta Frontera in Los Angeles, where animals are presented alongside exquisite displays of ornate Mapuche silver jewelry. If you’re bitten by the anthropological bug, mosey on over to the Museo Regional de la Araucanía in Temuco, where all displays are labeled with signs written in Mapudungun, the original Mapuche tongue. Finally, arrive at the archaeological capital of Chile, San Pedro de Atacama, where the Museo Arqueológico Gustavo le Paige features ancient mummies and an impressive exhibit detailing the history of the region.
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