Culture Shock! Chile - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

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North America. Perhaps the most famous, is the surrealist
painter Roberto Matta. Other prominent artists include
Nemesio Antúnez, Arturo Duclós, Samy Benmayor, Bororo,
Alfredo Jaar, José Balmes, Gracia Barrios and Gonzalo
Cienfuegos. Fine examples of Chilean and international art
are on display at the Museo de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Musem)
and the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Contemporary Art
Museum) in Santiago.

Museums in Chile

„ Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Museum) Parque

Forestal, Santiago

„ Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (Contemporary Art Museum)

Parque Forestal, Santiago

„ Museo Chileno de Arte Pre-Colombino (Museum of

Pre-Colombian Art) Bandera 361, Santiago

„ Casa Colorado y Museo de Santiago (Red House and Santiago

Museum) Merced 860, Santiago

„ Museo de Arte Colonial San Francisco (San Francisco Church

and Museum of Colonial Art) Londres 4, Santiago

„ Quinta Normal Park. Houses Museo Ferroviario (Railway

Museum), Museo de Ciencia y Tecnología (Museum of Science

and Technology), Artequin Museum and Museo Nacional de

Historia Natural (Museum of Natural History).

„ Museo Interactivo Mirador (MIM) Avenida Sebastopol 90,

Parque Brasil, Santiago. Hands-on children’s museum.

„ Museo de Arte Popular Americano (Museum of American

Folk Art) Compañía 2691, Santiago

„ La Chascona ( Pablo Neruda’s House) Fernando Márquez

de la Plata 0192, Bellavista, Santiago

„ Isla Negra ( Pablo Neruda’s home on the coast)

„ Museo de Bellas Artes de Viña del Mar (Museum of Fine Arts

of Viña del Mar) Palacio Vergara, Viña del Mar.

„ Museo Antropológico P. Sebastián Englert (Rapa Nui Museum),

Tahai, Easter Island

„ Museo Arqueológico Padre Le Paige, San Pedro de Atacama.