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La Serena Sights

Museo Histórico Casa Gabriel González Videla

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  • Address
    • Matta 495
  • Phone
    • 051 215-082
  • Price
    • adult/child CH$600/300
  • Hours
    • 10am-6pm Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm Sat

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Lonely Planet review for Museo Histórico Casa Gabriel González Videla

Although richly stocked with general historical artifacts, this two-storey museum concentrates on one of La Serena’s best-known – and most controversial – sons. González Videla was Chile’s president from 1946 to 1952. Ever the cunning politician, he took power with communist support but then promptly outlawed the party, driving poet Pablo Neruda out of the Senate and into exile. As you might expect, the reverent exhibits omit such episodes. But do pop upstairs for a look at the general historical displays and changing modern-art exhibits.

 

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