Chilean National History Museum

Chilean National History Museum

The Chilean National History Museum (Spanish: Museo Histórico Nacional or MHN) is located in Santiago, Chile in Plaza de Armas. The institution was founded on May 2, 1911.[1]

The exhibit rooms and their themes

The museum consists of 19 rooms on two different floors. An English visitor's guide from 2009 gives the following names and room numbers for the exhibits:

  1. Patio court
  2. Chile's first inhabitants
  3. Discovery and conquest
  4. Colonial city
  5. Church and government
  6. Colonial society
  7. 18th century society
  8. The collapse of the Empire
  9. The idea of liberty
  10. Re-establishing order
  11. Consolidating Republican order
  12. Means of transportation
  13. Education
  14. The liberal order
  15. Parliamentarism
  16. Society in the early 20th century
  17. Hoping for change
  18. The Great Crisis
  19. From popular front to popular unity

References

  1. ^ The English Visitor's Guide

External links

Coordinates: 33°26′13″S 70°39′02″W / 33.43700°S 70.65061°W / -33.43700; -70.65061


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