Braun Menendez Regional Museum

Presents an interesting exhibit of objects that testify to the historical development of Patagonia. The museum -inaugurated in 1983- occupies a magnificent palace built in 1905 and formerly belonging to the Braun - Menendez, owners of the greatest fortune in the area. From those opulent times date its furniture and European tapestries.
Address: Magallanes 949, Punta Arenas
Telephone: (61) 244-216
Mail: museomag@entelchile.net
Opening hours: Monday through Saturday from 10.30 a.m. through 5 p.m.; Sundays and feast days from 10.30 a.m. through 2 p.m.
Entrance fees: adults 800 Chilean pesos (1.50 dollars); children and youngsters (8 to 18 years of age) 400 Chilean pesos (80 cents of a dollar); children under 8 free

"Maggiorino Borgatello" Salesian Museum

It was created in 1893 by the Salesian missionaries and is one of the oldest in Chile. Currently it exhibits ethnographic, archaeological and anthropological collections, as well as specimens of Patagonian flora and fauna.
Address: Avenida Bulnes 336, Punta Arenas
Telephone: (61) 221-001
Mail: musborga@tnet.cl
Opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 12.30 a.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m.
Entrance fees: adults 1,500 Chilean pesos (3 dollars); children 200 Chilean pesos (40 cents of a dollar).

Museo del Recuerdo ("The Museum of Memory")

Exhibits carriages, machinery, tools and different objects used by pioneers that settled here. It also has a Marine Pavilion and a replica of a typical colonial home. The Museum was founded in 1969 and is the seat of the Patagonian Institute of the Universidad de Magallanes (Magellan University). It is 4 kilometers northeast of Punta Arenas.
Address: Avenida Bulnes Kilometro 4 North
Telephone: (56-61) 207-056
Web: www.umag.cl
Opening hours: Monday through Friday from 8.30 through 11.30 a.m. and from 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.; Saturdays from 8.30 to 12.30 a.m.
Entrance fees: 1,000 Chilean pesos (almost 2 dollars)

Museo Militar Austral ("Southern Military Museum")

Using photographs and other historically valuable objects, it shows the contributions made by the army from the building of Fort Bulnes up to the foundation of Punta Arenas. It was built in 1921.
Address: Jose Menendez 961
Telephone: (61) 247-133 / 242-291
Opening hours: Monday through Friday from 8.30 to 12.30 a.m. and from 2.30 to 6.30 p.m.

Punta Arenas Naval and Maritime Museum

Was created in 1995 with the purpose of showing the participation of the Chilean Navy in local development. It has a collection of paintings, photos, scale models and navy relics and instruments.
Address: Pedro Montt 981, Punta Arenas
Telephone: (61) 205-479
Mail: terzona@armada.cl
Opening hours: Tuesday through Saturday from 9.30 to 12.30 a.m. and from 3 to 6 p.m. (summer); and, from 9.30 to 12.30 a.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. (winter).