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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 and was closed from 2011 to 2013 for renovation.[2]

Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art

Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino
Facade of the Museum in 2020.
Established	December 1981 (1981-12)
Location	Bandera 361 Santiago, Chile
Coordinates
Type	Art museum
Director	Carlos Aldunate del Solar
Curator	José Berenguer Rodríguez
Public transit access	Metro station: Plaza de Armas
Website	www.precolombino.cl

Building

The museum is housed in the Palacio de la Real Aduana that was constructed between 1805 and 1807.[3] It is located a block west of the Plaza de Armas and close to the Palacio de los Tribunales de Justicia de Santiago and the Former National Congress Building.

Collection

Items in the museum's collections are drawn from the major pre-Columbian culture areas of Mesoamerica, Intermediate / Isthmo-Colombian, Pan-Caribbean, Amazonia and the Andean. The museum has over 3,000 pieces representing almost 100 different groups of people. The collection ranges from about 10,000 years. The original collection was acquired based on the aesthetic quality of the objects, instead of their scientific or historical context. The collection is broken up into four areas:[1]

Area mesoamerica

Includes a statue of Xipe Totec, an incense burner from the Teotihucan culture, and a Mayan bas-relief.[1]

Area Intermedia

Showcase pieces include pottery from the Valdivia people, and Capuli figures chewing coca leaf. Gold objects from the Veraguas and Diquis cultures are also represented.[1]

Area Andes Centrales

Features masks and copper figures, of which many were confiscated from graves. Examples include those from the Moche and textiles. The oldest textile in the museum is in this area, a painted cloth almost 3,000 years old from the Chavín culture.[1]

Area Andes del Sur

This collection features modern Chilean and Argentinian pieces. Ceramic urns from the Aguada culture, snuff trays from the San Pedro culture, and an Incan quipu.[1]

References

Further reading

External links

• Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, official website (in Spanish and English)

На других языках

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[de] Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

Das Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino (Chilenisches Museum für präkolumbische Kunst) ist ein Museum in Santiago de Chile, das eine umfassende Sammlung von Kunstgegenständen aus Mittel- und Südamerika aus der Zeit vor der europäischen Entdeckung beherbergt. Es handelt sich dabei um eines der bedeutendsten Museen für diesen Kulturraum. Die Ausstellungsstücke sind zum Teil über 5000 Jahre alt und sind häufig tierische oder menschliche Figuren aus verschiedenen Materialien. Daneben gibt es Mumien, Tongefäße und Webearbeiten.

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- [en] Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

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[es] Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino

El Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, conocido también como Museo Precolombino, es una institución cultural creada por la Municipalidad de Santiago y la Fundación Familia Larraín Echeñique. El Museo fue fundado el 10 de diciembre de 1981 y, siendo una institución público-privada, es financiado en partes iguales por la I. Municipalidad de Santiago, el Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y el Patrimonio y los recursos propios generados el propio Museo.

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