圣米格尔阿萨帕考古博物馆

For a small museum, this is one of the best I've ever been to.I'm always very hesitant at archeological museums because of their tendency to deal with the dead as artifacts of the culture they come from– working with mummies and other human remains is a particularly touchy subject, but this is one of the most respectful displays I've ever seen. The rooms are also set up in such a way that it is rather easy to avoid going into the rooms where the mummies are stored.The first room had more history about the culture, but wasn't nearly as visually interesting to me. Absolutely loved the jewelry/adornment displays, though :)

As a small museum run by the local university, this institution cannot compete with larger archaeology museums in Peru and elsewhere except for the remains from the Chinchorros. This culture goes back thousands of years in this region, little known.

There's a good display on North Chilean archaeology, well-described in English. There's also a very expensive-looking and generally very good display of the mummies, but without a word of English in sight!

This museum is situated 12 kilometres from Arica. You can either rent a bike and go there yourselve (1,5 hours) or take a taxi (4 euros). The museum has two buildings, and you will get a leaflet with a lot of information about the artifacts in the museum. Worth a visit if you are interested in these older cultures. Apart from the textiles and usual shards, they also have several mummies on display, which is very interesting.

If you have time definitely go. It is a little out of the way but still worth it. Very cool mummies that date back farther than Egyptian times if I remember correctly.

The tour operator took us here and it was well worth the ride ... great history and cultural background lesson. We done with clean bathrooms, etc ....

We paid three thousand Chilean Pesos (approximately $7 AUD) entry fee. The museum is a large complex and is filled with exhibits and information. The items displayed in the new room, Sala Chinchorro (Chinchorro Room), are particularly impressive. Definitely worth travelling the short drive from the desert town Arica.

I note that one reviewer seems to have missed that the mummies are housed in a separate building. Be sure to see these and keep your tickets to allow you to go in.The main museum is very well laid out and is a tribute to the Universidad de Tarapaca who are responsible for it. Often display values are not of the best in museums, but here everything is very well displayed.Many will come to see the mummies, now only ten yerars after their excavation. These are very well displayed and the associated artefacts are fascinating. Don't just buy some of the local olives (but do this also) - see this museum.

We enjoyed this museum with our 3 year old daughter. There are programs available in English, as well as a host of other languages, which was great.Nice afternoon excursion from Arica in the olive filled Azapa Valley.

I went to the museum before travelling to Putre and the Alto Plano.The museum gives you a good overview about the various in this area.

This museum was very interesting and had printed guides in English, Spanish and German. It was a little difficult to get to from Arica, but look for the yellow collectivos that say Azapa and ask to go to the Museo. It should cost about 1000 pesos. I thought the displays were interesting and well designed. Definitely worth the trip. I wish there would have been a map of the town at the museum, so we could have seen what else the town had to offer.

The main museum is a fascinating (for an ex-archaeologist!) collection of artifacts which we are pretty much unaware of if you come from an European background. The new block for the Chinchorro mummies displays them in a very spectacular fashion although their childlike bodies and caring funeral traditions (even an embryo is mummified) evoke strangely protective emotions. Worth visiting Colon 10 to see them lying in situ under reinforced glass (though it is a bit disconcerting walking over them)

Although a little bit in the middle of nowhere the museum is worth a visit. You find a lot of information there about earliest settlements in the Americas and lifestyles of former generations. All descriptions are written in English, too.

We were stunned to see the amazing exhibits of this museum, and to learn about the Chinchorros people... just amazing! We saw the conservation room where they keep the several hundreds mummies that predate Egyptian ones by over 2000 years!!! The museum is in two distinct buildings, the ones have the most mummies. There's a small petroglyphs exhibits in the garden. The grounds are beautiful and a great place for a picnic!A must if you are in the Azapa Valley!

The archeological museum of San Miquel de Azapa outside of Arica contains the world's oldest mummies which predate the well known Egyptian ones. In addition, the museum was built where there was an old olive press which couldn't be moved and that too is imPressive.