Archaeological Museum of La Serena, La Serena, Coquimbo Region, Chile

Archaeological Museum of La Serena

La Serena, Coquimbo Region, Chile

The Archaeological Museum of La Serena, in Chile's Coquimbo Region, was founded in 1943 by archaeologist Francisco Cornely and houses over 14,000 artifacts from pre-Hispanic cultures like the Molle, Las Ánimas, Diaguita, and Inca, including pottery, tools, textiles, and a monumental moai statue from Easter Island.

Housed in a neoclassical building from the 1940s urban plan with an 19th-century stone entrance, it features sections on archaeology, ethnography of indigenous groups, and paleontology with marine fossils, plus a library of 15,000 volumes on regional history.

Highlights include exhibits from the El Olivar site and Valle del Encanto petroglyph reproductions, offering guided tours and disabled access daily in La Serena's cultural core.

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esquina - Cordovéz, Cienfuegos, La Serena, Coquimbo, Chile

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