In their interior elements of different cultures are conserved that populated the area. The pieces are prepared in seven you salt expositoras that present the information in an orderly way. They deserve special mention the living rooms dedicated to the mining, main economic activity of the chileciteños in last centuries; that of archaeology, where axes are observed, mortars, ceramic and statuettes of aboriginal cultures; and the room dedicated to the plastic one, where they are exposed more than sixty works of varied authors. The literature room conserves the old roof to two waters with "pus pus", a bush that is developed in the area. There one can admire a wall of 1 m of wide that dates of 1712. This section possesses, among other works of importance, the Martin's Iron collection in all the languages. It is located in the mill San Francisco , a hydraulic work of the XVIII century that belonged to the founder of the village, Domingo of Castro and Bazán. The oldest part harbors today a historical room (1712); the rest was enlarged by the middle of the XIX century. Their collections correspond to:
- Aboriginal cultures It shows a development from the lithic period to the Incan domain. Also, it exhibits an interesting scale model of the Tamberías of the Inca, according to a report carried out by the architect Héctor Greslebin in 1938, before their destruction.
- Colonial time It shows architectural elements, work tools, weapons and sacred works of art, of those that the Articulate Christ of the XVIII century highlights.
- XIX and XX centuries It possesses curious machines of sewing, of writing, telephones and other objects corresponding to the first remittances of industrialized products coming from Europe . There is also a regional mapoteca, a gallery of eminent chileciteños, an interesting collection of editions of the Martin Iron (that includes unusual translations to Arabic and Guarani) and a pinacoteca.
The institution carries out cultural activities and of preservation of the local patrimony. Also, the museum conserves an altar that belonged to Santa Rita's oratory and the pulpit of the old Church of the Sacred Heart. |
