Museo Histórico Nacional (Chile)
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The Chilean National History Museum ( or ) is located in Santiago, Chile
in Plaza de Armas. The institution was founded on May 2, 1911.
Santiago, Chile
Santiago , also known as Santiago de Chile, is the capital and largest city of Chile, and the center of its largest conurbation . It is located in the country's central valley, at an elevation of above mean sea level...
in Plaza de Armas. The institution was founded on May 2, 1911.
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:- Patio court
- Chile's first inhabitants
- Discovery and conquest
- Colonial city
- Church and government
- Colonial society
- 18th century society
- The collapse of the Empire
- The idea of liberty
- Re-establishing order
- Consolidating Republican order
- Means of transportation
- Education
- The liberal order
- Parliamentarism
- Society in the early 20th century
- Hoping for change
- The Great Crisis
- From popular front to popular unity