On another excursion into Temuco, I visited el Museo Regional de La Araucania, which is government-run. Araucania refers to the 9th region of Chile, which includes Labranza. The first floor of the museum was filled with a comprehensive collection of newspaper clippings dating back to the early 1900’s, and the bottom floor exhibit contained a large collection of Mapuche artifacts. I particularly enjoyed watching a documentary they had put together on contemporary Mapuche culture as well.
The museum store is run by the Chol-Chol Foundation, a 40 year old organization that is a leader in South American fair trade and serves over 300 local Mapuche weavers. My work with Voz stems from an intern's work at the Chol-Chol Foundation so we are still closely related, and it was nice to see their products in the public market.
Museum website: http://www.dibam.cl/sdm_mr_araucania/
Chol-Chol Foundation website: http://www.cholchol.org/en_artesania.php
The Muesum Store
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