Museo Naval Y Maritimo — Attraction in Valparaíso

I really love this place and have visited three times in three years - I particularly liked this years commemoration of the evacuation of Dunkirk in the Second World War .... this was to show the participation of one of the “little ships” which too part in the evacuation and a few years afterwards became the bote salvavidas in Valparaíso- this museum is first class and graphically shows the development of naval warfare in Chile and has some amazing artefacts and exhibits including some from the Pacific war and battle of Iquique which saw the sacrifice of Capitan de Fregata Arturo Prat and his crew aboard CNS Esmeralda - I thoroughly...

At 2000-3000 pesos (2 dollars-ish) for the ticket, this place is a steal. There are 20 rooms, that start with the first armada and end with Chile's part of antartica. Lots of historical artifacts like revolvers, fusiles, shotguns, cannons, sabres, figure heads, boat parts, wheels, etc - and all the history that goes with it. The exposition on Esmeralda (the boat that was sunk during the Battle of Iquique during the War of the Pacific, Chile v Peru) is incredible. They have dishes, figure heads, clothes, even the mast of the boat. You don't realize how huge everything on a boat is until you're standing next to...

Great museum. It focuses on Chile's maritime capabilities and naval wars but it is more than that. It covers from native Indian vessels to pirates to modern ships. It has one of the "tubes" that were built to resue the 33 miners. Lord Chrocane's fought here during the war for independence and he is featured as is Bernardo O'Higgins. Of course, the War of the Pacific is well covered. To get to the museum take the...