Museo Regional, Iquique
Facts and practical information
Museo Regional de Iquique is a Chilean museum located in the city of Iquique. It is administered by the Corporación Municipal de Desarrollo Social de Iquique.
It was founded in 1960, under the wing of the Universidad del Norte, and with its headquarters in a building on Bolivar Street. Since 1987 it is located in its current headquarters, in the building that housed the Courts of Justice of Iquique, in Paseo Baquedano number 951, forming part of the Typical Zone declared in 1977.
Among its collections it has archaeological remains, particularly mummies of the Chinchorro, Pica, Tarapacá and Inca cultures, found in the Esmeralda Hill; the ethnographic collection Isluga, declared Historical Monument in 1983; and other textile elements and objects of historical value.
Iquique
Tarapacá