Museum of Memory and Human Rights
What the experts agree on
This powerful museum documents Chile's dictatorship era (1973-1990), centering victims of Pinochet's regime through accounts of detention, torture, and murder. A sobering but essential look at the country's difficult recent history.
"This museum is a powerful testimony to the coup that established the Chilean dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet; the resulting detention, torture, and murder of Chilean citizens." Full review
"Since it opened in 2010, the remarkable, controversial Memory and Human Rights Museum has shone the light on the difficult and fractious history of the Pinochet years from 1973-1990." Full review
"Just across the street you will find the museum dedicated to the most recent part of Chile's history, the Museum of Memory and Human Rights, which commemorates the victims of human rights violations in the country"