SANTIAGO — Once again, Chilean students have taken to the streets to protest the…
‘Botero Abu Ghraib’ Exhibit at the Museo de la Memoria
Step outside the bubbles that lather up into Santiago Centro, take a sharp turn into Quinta Normal, and you will be faced with the impressive, slick and ultra-modern facade of the city’s Museo de la Memoria. This is by far the most engrossing and beautiful cultural space I have come across in Santiago, crammed full [...]
Keeping Chileans Safe for 85 Years
SANTIAGO – On Friday, the Chilean Military Police (Carabineros) celebrated their 85th anniversary. President Sebastián Piñera, accompanied by First Lady Cecilia Morel and Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter, attended a ceremony in its honor. Also present at the ceremony were the presidents of the Senate, Camilo Escalona, and the Chamber of Deputies, Nicolás Monckenberg. Numerous other [...]
Museo Ralli: Experience South American Art
SANTIAGO – I have to admit, I know hardly anything about South American art. When it came to Art history, my own education always focused on European artists such as Gough, Rossetti and Picasso. We never ventured outside the Europe box to explore how other continents have expressed themselves. I wanted this to change. I [...]
Pepe’s Chile: Cultural Center Museum in Santiago, Chile
Buried underground near Chile’s presidential palace, La Moneda, is a cultural treasure you’ll want to visit. The Centro Cultural Palacio la Moneda or Cultural Center Museum is an underground facility located under an open plaza just south of the presidential palace. This modern museum was finished and opened its doors in 2006. It is one [...]
Santiago and the Chilean Museum of Fine Arts
SANTIAGO – Established in 1880 and inaugurated in 1910 after Architect Jorge Enrique Dubois was commissioned to build a museum in Parque Forestal, the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes holds an extensive collection of Chileans art and some of the most remarkable works ever created in Latin America. The glass house-type building of the Chilean [...]
Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, a hub of Chilean cultural heritage
Located in Santiago’s Parque Forestal, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes is an architecture monument that welcomes people of all ages, including tourists, locals and school groups. The first thing that will attract your attention is the building of the museum, el Palacio de Bellas Artes. It was built in 1910 and it was designed in neoclassical style [...]
Conference to tackle neighborhood recovery and community action in Chile
by Chery Lynn van Dalen “How do we participate responsibly in the construction of our environment? How do we contribute to a better democracy?” These questions – and more – will be answered Thursday, Sept. 22. Casa Museo Eduardo Frei Montalva invites high school, college and university students and teachers to the conference series: “Reflection, [...]
Barrio Italia design route: Free tour
Decorated in the typical style of the 1960s, Casa Museo Eduardo Frei Montalva, the Eduardo Frei Montalva Home Museum, invites you to the free Design Route tour in Barrio Italia, Santiago, this Saturday, August 6, from 11:00 a.m., with heritage tours of Mapocho culture at Hindenburg Street 683. Within the framework of the project, Proyecto Barrio [...]
A visit to Chile’s interactive museum: MIM
My 10-year old niece was recently here for a visit and I took that as an excuse to visit the MIM (Museo Interactivo Mirador), which has been on my to-do list for some time. All of the exhibits are in Spanish, so if you take a child that doesn’t speak Spanish, be prepared to translate [...]
Back to the 80s at the Museo de la Moda
Santiago’s Museo de la Moda has opened the second part of its exhibition “Back to the 80s”, which is mainly based on the movie of the decade: “Back to the Future.” This time the fans will be delighted with the DeLorean, the car with which the character of Michael J. Fox, Marty McFly, traveled back three [...]