Museo de la Guerra del Pacífico, Military history museum in Brasil neighborhood, Santiago, Chile
The Museo de la Guerra del Pacífico, officially Museo Fundación Guerra del Pacífico Domingo De Toro Herrera, is a private civilian museum in Santiago. Its collection is spread across six thematic halls: Central Domingo de Toro Herrera, Naval Francisco Manser, Arturo Villarroel, Cruz Roja, Alianza Perú-Bolivia and Sofanor Parra. Among the displays are 1:40 scale models of Chilean and Peruvian ships that sail by radio control.
The institution was founded in 2001 to preserve the memory of a historical conflict. Its collections contain original documents, personal objects, and military equipment from that period.
The museum shows different viewpoints on the conflict through displays about Chilean forces and the Peru-Bolivia alliance. Visitors can see medals and personal letters that reveal how people from that era lived and thought.
The museum sits at Cienfuegos 50 in the Santiago commune, and its six thematic halls are visited on a single route, starting with the Salón Central Domingo de Toro Herrera. Entry is free with voluntary contributions. It opens Monday to Friday from 11:00 to 18:00 and Saturdays until 15:00.
The collection holds a sword belonging to General Manuel Baquedano and a fragment of the Huascar warship's armor with bullet impacts. These objects reveal directly how combat affected military equipment.
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