Top Things to do in Arica and Parinacota Region
Top Hotels in Arica and Parinacota Region
7 Museums in Arica and Parinacota Region That You Shouldn't Miss
Discover the best top things to do in Arica and Parinacota Region, Chile including Sea Museum, Museo Arqueologico San Miguel de Azapa, Museo Momias Chinchorro, Museo De Sitio Colon 10, Museo Historico y de Armas, Museo Communal de Codpa, Museo Viracocha.
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1. Sea Museum
Overall Ratings
5.0 based on 30 reviews
The Arica Sea Museum show some of the thousand of marvelous creatures and fossils from the sea, through the personal collection of professor Mr. Nicolás Hrepic, who gathered all kind of seashells and fossils from all around the globe since the 1960's decade.
2. Museo Arqueologico San Miguel de Azapa
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 488 reviews
Reviewed By ArturoOpaso - Santiago, Chile
Great Museum clearly shows in a very scholar way about the history of the Chinchorro culture with mummies older than the famous Egyptian ones. We drove to the museum and spend the rest of the day in The Valley , Lots to see
3. Museo Momias Chinchorro
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4.5 based on 281 reviews
Reviewed By KatrienS955 - Ghent, Belgium
This is the part of the museum that displays the tools used in mummification, as well as the mummies themselves and the clothes and attributes they wore. Most mummies did not come with expensive jewellery or clothes, but were common people and children. The tools and clothes are well displayed, as well as some parts of the mummies and mummies of small children en fetuses. The other mummies are in 1 large room and are seen through 1 window
4. Museo De Sitio Colon 10
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 130 reviews
Reviewed By belliker - Buenos Aires, Argentina
Upon excavating the grounds for a new hotel, the undertakers stumbled on innumerable skeletons, and the University of Taracapa, guardians and caretakers of the Chinchorro mummies was able to stop construction and purchase the site. The skeletal remains have been left to rest in their original place and position. A glass floor allows visitors a respectful observation of this several thousand year old burial place in Northern Chile. Closed on Mondays, so plan your visit to Arica accordingly.
