Museo de Sitio Colón 10 — Attraction in Arica

Small but the Chinchorro mummies are worth the walk and entrance fee. They were buried for 4000 years, but have just been unearthed in 2008. The Chilean govt invested a few hundred thousand dollars to preserve them as they were buried. Say "hello" and pay respect to the Jim Morrison Man. After visiting you can continue walking up to the Morro, a cliff promontory with Rich view of Arica and the port and ocean. It is a place considered sacred by humans...

Other than the remarkable Mummies, the coolest thing about this museum was the giant wall with the archaeologist's field notes on it. This is a rare "in situ" museum -- everything is in its original place. Because everything is in its original place, if you look at the wall with the field notes, and you compare it to what you see through the glass floor, you are seeing the site just as a scientists...

Very impressive! As a professional archaeologist and avid visitor to archaeological museums throughout the world, I highly commend the archaeological team here: the excavation, the thoughtful non-excavation, preservation and heritage conservation, and detailed presentation evident at the museum is world class. The audio tour is an excellent addition to the detailed information panels. Well...