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 museum's name honours Tomás Lago, who directed it from its founding for more than twenty years. Its founding collection came from donations by seven countries — Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Guatemala, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru — gathered for the 1943 First Exhibition of Popular American Arts, organised by Amanda Labarca's Chilean Commission for Intellectual Cooperation.

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.