Museo de Arte Popular Americano, Folk art museum in Ñuñoa, Santiago, Chile.
Museo de Arte Popular Americano is a folk art museum in Ñuñoa, Santiago, that houses over 6,000 pieces including textiles, ceramics, and woodwork from various Latin American countries. The collection features work by craftspeople and demonstrates the range of regional production traditions across the Americas.
The museum was founded in 1944 at Hidalgo Castle on Cerro Santa Lucia and received initial collections from seven nations as gifts for the University of Chile centennial. It was later relocated to the Cultural Platform of Universidad de Chile at Juan Gomez Millas Campus.
The collections represent artistic expressions from indigenous communities across the Americas, reflecting traditional techniques and regional craft methods that remain part of living cultures. Visitors can observe how these practices connect different communities through shared design languages and materials.
The museum is located on the Universidad de Chile campus and offers guided tours and educational workshops for visitors. It is accessible by public transport and welcoming to different types of guests.
The collection holds one of the largest holdings of traditional craftwork in Chile, with objects spanning from the early 20th century to the present. Many visitors overlook that these works document living craft practices and are not merely historical artifacts.
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