Museo-Biblioteca Gabriela Mistral, Literary museum and library in Vicuña, Chile.
The Museo-Biblioteca Gabriela Mistral is a museum and library in Vicuña dedicated to the Chilean writer. The collection includes her handwritten works, personal belongings, photographs, and correspondence that document her life and literary work.
The museum opened on 18 September 1957, months after Gabriela Mistral died in New York; Isolina Barraza de Estay was its first director. The current building, designed by architect Oscar Mac-Clure, was inaugurated on 13 September 1971. In 2008 it received a donation of some 3,000 personal objects from Doris Atkinson, executor of Mistral's partner Doris Dana.
The place shows how Mistral is honored in the local community and the role her works play in Chilean education. Visitors can see how her poetry and teaching ideas remain alive in the region today.
The museum offers guided tours and is easily reached on foot from Vicuña's town center. Visitors should allow time to study the displays and explore the library.
In 2008 the museum received a donation of about 3,000 personal objects that had been held by Doris Atkinson, executor of Doris Dana, Mistral's partner and friend. The permanent display holds around 1,100 of the writer's belongings, and the library's roughly 2,000 books, mostly Mistral's own collection, were donated to the commune to create its first public library.
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