Museo Historico y Antropologico, Los Rios Region, Chile

4Katrien S 5:00 PM Mar 7, 2020

Museum detailing the history of the city with Mapuche and Germans
This is a lovely restored old building, where the museum is based over 2 floors. The top floor details the Mapuche culture and has an excellent collection of Mapuche silver, as well as the explanation about the meaning behind the pieces, and the explanation is mostly also available in English. Other rooms show Mapuche textile and ceramics. On the ground floor, every room details another period of history since the Spanish conquest, of this town. Starting with a room furnished with objects from just after the founding of the city, a room about Cochrane, the Scot that led the navy in conquering this city and the last forts around it. Then a room just after independence, and several rooms dedicated to the different waves of German immigrants. Some of the rooms are very nicely done, and the whole museum gives a good overview of Valdivia and its past.

4João Frederico M 5:00 PM Oct 19, 2019

A trip into Valdívia's past
Th house is very well kept, ths exhibited objects are carefully chosen and their placing permits a very good idea of Valdívia's history from pre-colombian times, with artefacts and jewelry of the Mapuches dating back to 4000 years B.C.! And with information of the Mapuches' social organization and customs. In sequence, one has a view of the spanish presence and then that of the german period. Very informative and well cared for. It is most certainly worth the visit. Plus the park in which it is is also a very nice place!