Back المتحف التشيلى للفن ما قبل كولومبوس ARZ Chilské muzeum předkolumbovského umění Czech Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino German Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino Spanish Musée chilien d'art précolombien French המוזיאון הצ'יליאני לאמנות פרה-קולומביאנית HE Museo cileno di arte precolombiana Italian ჩილეს კოლუმბამდელი ხელოვნების მუზეუმი Georgian Museu Chileno de Arte Pré-colombiana Portuguese Чилийский музей доколумбова искусства Russian
Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino | |
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 Facade of the Museum in 2020. | |
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| Established | December 1981 |
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| Location | Bandera 361 Santiago, Chile |
| Coordinates | 33°26′20″S 70°39′08″W / 33.4389055556°S 70.6521694444°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Director | Cecilia Puga |
| Curator | José Berenguer Rodríguez |
| Public transit access | Metro station:  Plaza de Armas |
| Website | www |
The Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art (Spanish: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino) is an art museum dedicated to the study and display of pre-Columbian artworks and artifacts from Central and South America.[1]
The museum is located in the city centre of Santiago, the capital of Chile. The museum was founded by the Chilean architect and antiquities collector Sergio Larraín García-Moreno, who had sought premises for the display and preservation of his private collection of pre-Columbian artefacts acquired over the course of nearly fifty years.
With the support of Santiago's municipal government at the time, García-Moreno secured the building and established the museum's curatorial institution. The museum first opened in December 1981.
- ^ Andrew Benson; Melissa Graham (3 August 2009). The Rough Guide to Chile. Penguin. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-4053-8381-3.