Museo de la Educación Gabriela Mistral, Educational heritage museum in Yungay district, Santiago, Chile

The Museo de la Educación Gabriela Mistral occupies the west wing of the former Escuela Normal de Preceptoras, inaugurated in 1886 at Compañía de Jesús 3150, corner of Chacabuco, in Santiago's Barrio Yungay. The building, declared a National Monument in 1981, houses collections of pedagogical works, didactic and scientific materials, school furniture and photographs tracing Chilean education.

The museum traces its roots to the 1885 school-material exhibition organized by José Abelardo Núñez, which led to Chile's first pedagogical museum, closed in 1890. The present institution was created by decree in 1941 under President Pedro Aguirre Cerda, with Carlos Stuardo Ortiz as curator. It moved into the west wing of the former Escuela Normal de Preceptoras in 1981, the year the 1886 building was declared a National Monument.

The museum shows how school education in Chile looked and changed over many decades. Visitors see old school desks, teaching materials, and photographs that document classroom life from earlier times.

The museum occupies the west wing of the former Escuela Normal de Preceptoras, entered from the corner of Chacabuco and Compañía de Jesús in Barrio Yungay. The building was declared a Monumento Histórico on 9 April 1981, the same year the museum moved in. The nearest metro is Quinta Normal, a few blocks south.

The museum preserves original school furniture from different periods, including a bell from the José Abelardo Nuñez Normal School that holds historical importance. Visitors can see how classroom furnishings and the scope of education evolved over generations.