Wagon at Museo del Recuerdo pioneer museum.

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Museo del Recuerdo

Punta Arenas


On display are a collection of antique farm and industrial machinery, a typical pioneer house and shearing shed, and a wooden-wheeled shepherds’ trailer.


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